Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Ltd firmly believes that Solar O&M can be a "Profit Centre" rather than a "Cost Centre" as O&M is traditionally viewed. As can be seen from the chart below, a major part of the O&M cost is the supervision cost. ACTIS ERP software for solar performance monitoring can save a lot of time and energy that goes into data crunching and analysis that is typically required using the data generated by typical SCADA systems. With continuous and close monitoring of the solar plant, the generation can be maximised while the O&M cost are minimised through standardised practices and spreading the costs of expert supervision over several plants.
Continuous improvement concept is very much part of many existing industries and utilities and is called Deming's wheel or Kaizen approach. But the concept is new to Solar O&M industry and has been made easy through continuous and close performance monitoring with ACTIS software and data loggers which provide in-depth analysis and reports compared to a SCADA system, leading to interventions that improve the plant performance.
