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The Energy Gang

Managing Large-Scale Solar [Special Content]

The Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Of all the stages of a solar project, the operations and management stage is arguably the most crucial. When you’re thinking about project efficiency and financial returns in solar, you need to have a concise plan for the O&M stage.

Greg Shambo is Vice President of Business Development at Borrego Energy. He says that ‘when you get into the operations stage, this is where you make the money. If you can’t operate profitably from day one, you end up losing money. We call these walking dead sites, because they were doomed to start with.’

For the last forty years, Borrego have established themselves as one of the nation’s most reliable names in the Solar and Energy Storage industry. From their early days as solar pioneers, to today - as leaders on the national energy storage stage – Borrego have delivered timely and secure management to solar projects. In 2014, Borrego launched a stand-alone O&M business for both EPC and non-EPC customers to help optimise and maintain system performance and help their clients achieve their financial goals.

Jay Smith also joins us, he's the Director of Asset Management at Standard Solar, a client of Borrego.

On the show, Greg and Jay take us through the management of large-scale solar projects, and how clients can ensure they pick the best O&M provider for the job.

This episode was produced in collaboration with Borrego, a leading developer, EPC and O&M provider for large-scale renewable energy projects throughout the United States. With over 1.4 GW and more than 1,000 sites under its management nationwide, Borrego O&M is comprised of technical experts that have been helping customers maximise their asset performance and value for the last decade.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We need to see more of this, we need to see more people talking about it, and we need

0:06.6

to not be afraid to have these discussions about O&M and what it's actually going to

0:10.8

cost the projects.

0:11.8

Hello, and welcome to a special edition of the Energy Gang where we're going to be talking

0:15.7

about operations and management in the solar industry.

0:18.7

I'm Idkruks.

0:21.1

Delivering a successful solar project is a long process with a series of different stages

0:28.1

you have development, an EPC stage and then operations of management which includes maintenance.

0:33.4

All of these stages are important, of course, but when people talk about solar most of

0:37.2

the time they talk about the development and EPC stages, those are the stages that seem

0:41.8

to generate the most attention, both from clients and from providers, and they also generate

0:46.0

the most capital.

0:47.0

But, when you're thinking about project efficiency and financial returns in solar, it's

0:51.9

really important to have a clear, concise and financially sound plan for operations

0:56.6

of management.

0:57.8

No money is made during the development and EPC phases, actually, that's where almost

1:01.8

all the money is spent.

1:03.3

However, when you get into the operations stage, this is where you make the money, and

1:08.0

if you can't operate profitably from day one, it usually is a snowball effect, and you

1:13.1

just end up losing money.

1:14.6

We call them the walking dead sites because they were doomed to start with.

1:18.8

On today's episode, we're joined by Representative from Berego to discuss the work in the industry

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