Solar O&M in India

Introduction of O&M and Types , market growth of O&M ,Competitors ,Clients

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Solar plants are built to last 20-25 years. The Core responsibility of the
O&M team is to Operate and Maintain the plant to deliver guaranteed
plant performance during the O&M period and delight the Customer. The
Owners’ expectations are dependent on maximized generation and
longevity of plant life as being the critical levels.
This is delivered through robust design, quality execution and efficient
O&M as the main levers. Plant Operations would mainly include activities
such as module cleaning, plant security, optimal spares management,
vegetation clearing and overall plant up-keep. Plant Preventive
Maintenance includes regular maintenance activities done as per pre-
decided schedule, while Break-down Maintenance includes trouble-
shooting activities done to restore plant performance levels post a failure.
This along with regular reporting of the plant performance metrics, failure
analysis and value engineering initiatives ensures optimal plant
performance.MARKETVERVIEW
In the initial years of solar power development in India, O&M was
often coupled with EPC and performed by the same vendors, but of
late, solar O&M has emerged as a separate market with its own
landscape, trends and dynamics. This chapter covers the following
areas:
 Market Size and Growth
 Installed Capacity of Rooftop Solar (as of September
2017)
 Key Growth Trends and Drivers
 Enabling Policy Environment
 Decline in Solar Tariffs
 Emergence of Serious Players
 Solar O&M Evolution in India
 O&M Industry Structure
 Contract Duration
 Emerging Role Of Energy Storage
 Key Issues And Concerns
[Tyoes of Operation & Maintenance
Preventive maintenance
[Schedule maintenance
[Corrective maintenance
[Comprehensive maintenance
Solar PV Power Plant’s Operation and Maintenance
Solar PV Power Plant’s operation used to be tractable
in the past, but with increasing grid integration
efforts, there is a requirement of more active &
flexible operations by grid operators. Some activities
like scheduled shutdowns, power curtailment,
frequent adjustment of settings such as power factor,
voltage and frequency tolerances demand customized
operations to maintain the efficiency as well as safety
of the plant. Thus, the operation process may look
different for each plant but major operations involved
in all the plants are:
Maintenance of documentation and checklist of
activities.
Plant performance monitoring and supervision
Performance analysis and improvement
Reporting and Technical Asset Management
Power plant security
Optimization of O&M
The key to optimum operations is the efficiency of the
management part in the plant throughout its lifetime.
In a power plant, there are typically 3 types of
maintenance:
1. Preventive maintenance: This is the core
maintenance service which comprises regular visual
and physical inspections, as well as verification of all
the activities in the plant. This maintenance is carried
out in regular intervals decided by the OEM and O&M
planning committee and are included in the annual
maintenance plan.
An example of preventive maintenance is
thermographic inspection which aims to identify
defective panels on a PV plant. Several defects like
hotspots, moisture ingress, soiling, etc can occur on
the module, significantly reducing the productivity of
the modules. Therefore, relevant inspection
procedures are performed either by hand-held
cameras or by using drone technology.
2. Corrective maintenance:
It corresponds to any activity performed to restore a
PV plant system, equipment, or component to an
earlier functioning state. This occurs after fault
detection by remote monitoring or during an on-site
inspection. These activities includes:
Fault diagnosis - to identify cause of fault and
locating it.
Temporary repair - to restore the rquired function of
a faulty item for a limited time, until a permanent
repair is carried out.
Permanent repair - to resolve the fault permanently.
3. Predictive maintenance:
This is a condition-based maintenance carried out
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