Insights & News
Energy Storage Systems: Tools and Information Operators Need to Manage This New Asset Class — Part I
For the full article see Power Factors blog post. Insights on BESS warranty and performance monitoring, including warranty parameter tracking, module and unit temperature monitoring and...
Origis Services Selects Drive Plus, Power Factors’ Integrated Asset Performance Management and CMMS Solution, for Its Solar and Energy Storage Assets
Firms Sign Multi-Year Technology Agreement COSTA MESA, CA, March 9, 2021 — Power Factors, LLC, a leading independent software and services provider for renewable energy, is pleased to announce...
Energy Storage Systems: Information Gap Challenges for Operators
For the full article see Power Factors blog post. Operators are dealing with information gaps as they operate and maintain battery energy storage systems (BESS). What can be done to close these...
The Experts Only Podcast
Jon Powers of Clean Capital talks with Michael Eyman of Origis Services about solar operations in The Experts Only podcast.
O&M is Best Served Prix Fixe, Not á La Carte
Asset owners want competitive pricing when they go to market, as any buyer would. But here’s the problem: the market is often responding to asset owners with deceptive contracts that cut prices and scope, trimming corrective maintenance or eliminating it altogether.
Powering The Sunshine State’s Capital
Review full article here: American Infrastructure Magazine The capital of the Sunshine State, Tallahassee, Fla., just became more sustainable with the addition of another solar farm—Tallahassee...
True Cost of Solar O&M can be 28% Higher Than Planned or Budgeted
Cutting corners on the full ‘scope of service’ contract, which includes site maintenance such as vegetation management and equipment checks, often leads to higher overall costs over the course a project’s lifetime.
Solar O&M Shortcuts Lead to Higher Costs Later, Experts Say
Two separate analyses from Origis Services and Wood Mackenzie suggest cost-cutting now for maintaining solar projects leads to greater expenses later.