As assistant manager, I was responsible for achieving highest operational efficiencies of 22 solar assets (415 MW) spread across 7 Indian states

Operations Management, Monitoring and Data Management:

• As an operations manager, was managing performance of all 22 plants based on Availability, Performance Ratio (PR) and Capacity Utilisation Factor (CUF)
• Actively involved in managing senior management, plant heads and vendors to inform about plant operations, provide suggestions to improve efficiency and review the current projects ongoing at sites
• Was actively involved in providing strategic suggestions, advising plant teams as well as the top management regarding these 22 plants for any inefficiency in the operations
• Suggestions included, replacement of cables resulting in 90% reduction in cable losses & reduced revenue losses by 2% at the portfolio level, replacement of critical inverters causing 4% improvement in inverter availability and replacement/reshuffling of modules, after conduct of drone thermography, raised the plant level performance by up to 4%.
• Monitored weather and updated sites for undertaking maintenance work during less radiation hours. Updated sites on upcoming cyclones to take precautionary measures to minimize the plant damages
• Conducted site visits for plant review to update the senior management about the condition at site and to provide plant team the insights on improvement of plant performance
• Led team to developed inhouse site level & central level SCADA, achieved more than 90% data availability
• Formalized and developed complex Excel reporting formats like daily generation reports & fault intimation reports, some of which were spread across 13 sheets having calculations of more than 25 parameters of solar plants
• Review of site expenses and getting approval from management

Reporting & Analysis:

• Prepared monthly, quarterly & annual plant performance data reports along with analysis for all 22 plants
• Apprised the management about plant performance during the board meetings

Due Diligence:

• Performed energy yield assessments using specialized software like PVSyst and Excel, for operational plants to check & compare the current performance of the plant with ideal situation. Also, during the implementation of new initiatives, it was used to forecast the gain by initiative
• Performed technical due diligence & plant performance analysis / energy yield assessment for all the plants offered for acquisition, which included project report review, plant generation & fault data review, energy yield report review and technology review of equipment installed in the plant and updated the management about the benefits and concerns
• Worked on project feasibility studies & Operation & Maintenance agreements negotiations

Bidding:

• Tracked & prepared for various wind and solar generation bids, coordinated with various Government agencies (like SECI, GUVNL, MSEDCL, RUMS), and submitted documents required for bidding during bid opening & reverse auction.
• Assisted Torrent Gas in submission of city gas distribution tenders
• Coordinated with various transmission agencies (like PGCIL, GETCO) for connectivity. Prepared and submitted connectivity application along with documents for upcoming grid connected projects.

Due Diligence:

• Coordinated with land developers for land data collection; Worked closely with empaneled advocates to check legality of the offered land and get title clearance
• Worked with consultants for project feasibility, energy yield assessment and forecasting, and technology due-diligence for selection of technology supplier for upcoming new projects and the projects offered for the acquisition
• Conducted site visits for evaluation of new/operational projects
• Supported in technical scope preparation during Project Development and O&M agreement discussions

Back Office Support to sites:

• Review of site expenses and getting approval from management