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gigawatt consists of utility-scale solar plants. This translates to roughly 1000 separate solar facilities that we operate. Generally, these contracts fall into two categories: preventative and comprehensive. In both cases we cover all the monitoring, maintenance, repair, and reporting services required, but for preventative contracts, the customer decides when to dispatch to a site for troubleshooting or repairs and pay us as these occur. While for Comprehensive it’ s a more inclusive contract where dispatch is scheduled by us directly. These generally depend on how operationally involved the customer wants to be. We are also exploring proactive contracts that incorporate AI, data analytics and trends to identify potential issues before they escalate into costly repairs, ensuring the longevity and efficiency of the systems. In addition to our O & M services, we have a separate division we refer to as Special Projects. This team focuses
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By identifying the underlying causes of breakdowns, we can anticipate potential failures and address them before they lead to costly repairs
on upgrading and repowering older solar plants with decreased performance or significant technical issues,” he elaborates.
Delving deeper into Cleanleaf’ s current focus on AI, data and analytics, Mikael explains how this approach will shape the company’ s contracts moving forward.“ This shift towards a more proactive strategy includes conducting root cause analysis to understand why equipment failures occur, rather than simply fixing issues as they arise. By identifying the underlying causes of breakdowns, we can anticipate potential failures and address them before they lead to costly repairs. While this is not always easy, we do have almost 20 years of data to lean on to help us analyze trends regarding when and how equipment fails, and the time required for repairs. Prioritizing proactive maintenance not only reduces costs but also enhances the performance of our customers’ assets. Additionally, we utilize our technology platform, known as‘ GRID,’ which integrates both our monitoring and reactive work with data analysis and reporting, thus providing our customers with insights into their systems,” he describes.
Next, we learn more about Cleanleaf’ s Special Projects division, which is dedicated to upgrading and restoring older or underperforming solar sites.“ I believe this will be a significant growth area for us. In regions with older solar assets, such as California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts,
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