RES secures O&M contracts for 385MW solar

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RES has actually secured procedures and maintenance (O&M) contracts for 385MW of solar capacity in the UK, belonging to Octopus Energy Generation.

RES has actually migrated 60 contracts to lasting agreements for renewable assets owned by Octopus Energy Generation.

This follows a duration of successful delivery and collaboration with the renewables financier.

As part of the lasting contracts, RES will certainly manage high voltage services in-house, in addition to supplying a boosted spare components management service as well as standalone "expert inverter issue correction services" on a number of solar ranches in the non-RES part of the Octopus portfolio.

RES now gives O&M services on nearly half of Octopus' UK solar portfolio.

Furthermore, RES has presented a programme of cyber safety upgrades as well as reliability engineering studies. RES is additionally supporting Octopus with its environmental, social as well as administration (ESG) goals around biodiversity particularly, including the facilitation around the shipment of a programme of biodiversity studies as well as subsequent biodiversity improvements.

Brian Darnell, Head of Solar & Storage O&M for UK&I at RES, stated: "We have actually been working with the Octopus team for a variety of years now and also we're delighted that we are nearing conclusion of migration to long-term contracts, which is testimony to the partnership we have actually constructed.

" Our expertise in O&M indicates we can with confidence proceed providing safety and also technology in equal action as we embed the 60 solar ranches into our portfolio.

" We have developed a partnership of depend on and also being appointed as O&M service provider on a considerable percentage of the UK Octopus solar portfolio is something we are extremely proud of."