O&M—Operation and Management
AGE’s Asset Management (AM) offers comprehensive asset management services for our clients that include technical support and in-depth analysis of plant performance and management.
AGE’s Asset Management (AM) offers comprehensive asset management services for our clients that include technical support and in-depth analysis of plant performance and management.
Operation and Maintenance includes technical support, ensuring plant performance, meeting all requirements and obligations, providing contracts etc.
1. Operation:
The activities and processes to ensure that power plants operate efficiently and reliably requires daily operations and long-term maintenance tasks to keep the systems properly functioning and thus, productivity at its maximum.
2. Maintenance:
Regular maintenance is a very important part of ensuring the power plants efficiency in terms of operating energy. In order to reduce unexpected equipment failures, it is a must to have a predictive maintenance to monitor tools and to fix or replace them in case of a failure. Another important stage of maintenance is regular cleaning of the necessary parts to ensure optimal performance.
3. Summary
When it comes to renewable energy, O&M process requires proper alignment, e.g., of solar panels to maximize sunlight capture, regular control, e.g. of wind turbines and wind farm networks, for efficiency; cleaning, checking electrical systems and possible damages caused by dust or bird droppings of solar panels, and inspecting wind turbines, blades, and electrical systems for energy operated by wind turbines.
AGE’s service companies coordinate and supervise all activities related to the management of assets in operation, ensuring compliance with all the requirements and obligations related to them, such as project management, reports to investors and clients, and stakeholder management.
Includes the management of O&M contracts and with third parties, insurance companies and control and surveillance services.
Comprehensive monitoring of all O&M activities and reporting according to operational and financial requirements.
We establish and maintain a relationship with the main local authorities to obtain the necessary operating permits.
AGE maintains 24-hour supervision of its assets around the world thanks to a state-of-the-art monitoring system.
We obtain ‘Insights’ from development operations to improve AGE’s internal procedures and contracts and ensure the highest quality and performance standards.
Predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance to anticipate potential failures.