Plant Performance Assessment Services for Solar PV Plants | SgurrEnergy

  Assessing the project performance to improve performance and reliability.

The performance of a solar photovoltaic power plant over its projected lifetime is quite imperative to the stakeholders; thus, it necessitates an assessment throughout its life cycle. The performance ratio (PR) is the most important indicator of overall power plant performance. As the plant ages, the components on the field deteriorate over time, combined with various other factors that impact plant performance, it becomes necessary to meet the PPA guarantees.

Meeting performance ratio requirements is a significant milestone for EPC contractors as it is a contractual obligation that either leads to the award of a provisional completion certificate or performance liquidated damages. An engineering consultant helps identify areas that lead to plant underperformance and provides solutions to overcome these challenges.

SgurrEnergy is adept at performing plant performance assessment, being one of the few solar-focused consultants around the world that has successfully completed working on over 40GW solar PV projects; therefore, we enjoy a vantage like none other. An experience, reputation, and trust built over a decade have caused most of our clientele to gravitate towards us.


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