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The crucial operations and maintenance best practices for managing a utility-scale solar facility can be tough to manage as quickly as the industry is growing. With a focus on maximizing energy production, efficiency, and reliability, this field guide equips solar professionals, operators, and leaders with essential knowledge and techniques.

From thorough inspections and preventive maintenance to performance monitoring and safety protocols, the book offers practical insights and step-by-step strategies to ensure the smooth functioning of solar arrays in varying environmental conditions. Most importantly safely and effectively for the energy transition.

[Chapter 1] - The WHY
[Chapter 2] - System Overview

  • Layout and Components
  • Module (Panel) Wiring - Series and Parallel Circuits
  • Terminology

[Chapter 3] - Keep it Up

  • Performance Monitoring
  • Solar Underperformance
  • Optimize Solar Asset Performance
  • Maintenance Guidance
  • Common Failures

[Chapter 4] - Safety

  • Site Orientation
  • Emergency Action Plan (EAP) / Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
  • Brief Like Your Life Depends On It
  • Determining PPE
  • Inspecting Electrical Gloves
  • Inspecting Arc Flash Suits
  • Calculating DC Arc Flash Ratings
  • Equipment Grounding Conductor (EGC)
  • Ground Electrode Conductor (GEC)
  • Protective (Temporary) Grounding
  • Tooling
  • Test Equipment

[Chapter 5] - Environmental

  • Vegetation Management Plans
  • Spill, Prevention, Controls, and Countermeasures (SPCC)

[Chapter 6] - Solar Array

  • Inspect It
  • Solar PV Modules Failures
  • Manage It (Wire Management)
  • Scan It (Drones)
  • Clean It
  • Deciding when to Clean
  • IV Curve Testing
  • Meg It (Megger or HiPot Testing)
  • LVT (Low Voltage Testing)
  • VLF (Very Low Frequency) Testing
  • Troubleshooting the Elusive Ground Faults
  • Direct Bury Cable Faults
  • Handling PV Modules (Panels)
  • Don't Step on It
  • Replacing PV Modules (Panels)
  • Replacing MC4 Connectors
  • Checking Fuse Continuity
  • Replacing Fuses in a DC Combiner Box
  • Replacing a DC Combiner Box

[Chapter 7] - Trackers

  • Backtracking
  • Maintenance Requirements for Trackers
  • Common Issues with Trackers
  • Replacing a Tracker Motor

[Chapter 8] - Inverters

  • Inverter Components
  • Inverter Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO)
  • Inverter Maintenance
  • Inverter IR Scans
  • Inverter Warranty Claims
  • Common Inverter Fault Codes
  • Inverter Cooling Fluid Replacement
  • Inverter IGBT Replacement
  • Inverter Fuse Replacement

[Chapter 9] - AC Collection

  • Detecting AC faults in direct-buried cables
  • Splicing MV Cables
  • Transformers
  • PMT (Pad-Mount Transformer) Elbows
  • PMT (Pad-Mount Transformer) Switching
  • Transformer Electrical Tests
  • Tap Changer
  • PTs and CTs
  • Reclosers
  • Relays
  • Racking Out And Racking In A Circuit Breaker
  • Kirk Key
  • Surge Arresters

[Chapter 10] - Met Stations (Weather monitoring)

[Chapter 11] - Work Management

  • Energization
  • Prior To Operations / Turnover
  • Annual Maintenance Schedule / Plan
  • Night Work
  • Outage Coordination
  • Spare Parts Management
  • Repowering a Solar Site
  • End of Life (EOL) and Decommissioning

[Chapter 12] - Compliance

  • NERC Violations
  • NERC Cybersecurity Requirements

[Chapter 13] - Prepare for the Worst

  • Inverter Fire
  • Vegetation Fire
  • Combiner Box Fire
  • Transformer Fire
  • Oil Spill

[Chapter 14] - Extreme Weather


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798862491876
  • Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: First Edition
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8862491875
  • Publisher Date: 24 May 2023
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 458 gr


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