Our Affiliate

We are powered by
our affiliate company,
Carolina Solar Services.

Carolina Solar Services provides practical experience and manpower to solve problems and revive an underperforming solar farms.

Established 2014 and is the southeast’s largest independent solar operations and maintenance provider. CSS services over 100 sites across the United States.

  • Field Maintenance
  • Remote operations & analysis
  • Engineering
  • Special projects services
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We are powered by
our affiliate company,
Carolina Solar Services.

Carolina Solar Services provides
practical experience and manpower
to solve problems and revive an
underperforming solar farms.

Established 2014 and is the southeast’s largest independent solar operations and maintenance provider. CSS services over 100 sites across the United States.

  • Field Maintenance
  • Remote operations & analysis
  • Engineering
  • Special projects services

ABOUT CAROLINA SOLAR SERVICES

ABOUT CAROLINA
SOLAR SERVICES

Years of Experience:

10 Years

Ongoing O&M:

760 MW

Remote Monitoring:

576 MW

Full Time Staff:

53 Employees

Geographic Presence:

2 locations in Oregon and 6 locations
in North Carolina serving OR, NC, SC,
GA, FL, VA & TN

OEM Brands Served:

Siemens, TMEIC, SMA, Sungrow,
Chint, Power Electronics,
Solectria, ABB, Advanced Energy,
Huawei, Schneider, Eaton, FTC,
Nextracker, GameChange, SEL

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Years of Experience:

10 Years

Ongoing O&M:

760 MW

Remote Monitoring:

576 MW

Full Time Staff:

53 Employees

Geographic Presence:

2 locations in Oregon and 6 locations
in North Carolina serving OR, NC, SC,
GA, FL, VA & TN

OEM Brands Served:

Siemens, TMEIC, SMA, Sungrow,
Chint, Power Electronics,
Solectria, ABB, Advanced Energy,
Huawei, Schneider, Eaton, FTC,
Nextracker, GameChange, SEL

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O+M SERVICE OFFERINGS

Commissioning & Owners Representation

CSS brings an unbiased perspective to owners' interest through periodic inspections throughout the construction and on behalf of owners requiring close monitoring of the construction and close-out phases.

UAV Services

CSS has FAA-licensed drone pilots on staff who can perform visual and infra-red imagery to locate underperforming equipment in a quick and efficient manner using our patented data analysis process.

Vegetation Management

CSS teams ensure site vegetation is managed to ensure energy production is not impacted by shading due to plant growth. This is done through year-round multiple scheduled visits to mow and clean sites.

Electrical Maintenance

OEM and industry best practices scheduled maintenance of electrical equipment.

Medium Voltage Testing

CSS owns and operates a TRAX Megger Transformer and Substation Test System with a wide range of applications such as turns ratio, excitation current, winding and contact resistance, impedance, tan delta/power factor testing and various primary tests for LV, MV and HV electrical apparatus.

Performance Engineering

CSS engineers monitor performance, process alarms, remotely troubleshoot inverter, relay, and communication equipment, configure and troubleshoot SCADA systems, provide support for field teams and field questions from clients from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm EST 7 days a week.

Livestock Management

For select clients, sheep are rotationally grazed on site to safely and sustainably manage vegetation, reducing mowing needs and sequestering carbon in the soil.

TECHNICAL SERVICES

3rd Party Support

  • Site Construction Audits
  • Quality Control and Quality Assurance
  • Engineering document review
  • Strategic O&M consulting
  • Owner’s Representation
  • Power Quality Meter dispatching
  • Original Equipment Manufacturer review

Equipment Thermal IR Imaging

  • Back-of-module imaging
  • Combiner Box imaging
  • Inverter imaging (residual heat images)
  • Transformer imaging (residual heat)

MV Testing

  • Transformer IRT and turns-ratio testing
  • MV cable testing
  • Transformer DGA sample and analysis

Performance Engineering

  • Performance Testing
    • Availability testing, Capacity testing & Acceptance testing
  • Underperformance analysis
  • System optimization
  • PVSyst modelling

UAV Drone

  • IR Thermal Imaging
  • Aerial imaging during construction

DAS/SCADA Integration

  • Remote operations testing
  • DAS/SCADA installation
  • Point mapping
  • Potential Transducer (PT) install
  • Current Transducer (CT) install
  • Relay Commissioning – SEL

Cold Commissioning

  • Visual inspection
  • Detailed reporting
  • Pre-commissioning inspections

Hot Commissioning

  • IVCT
  • VOCs
  • IRT
  • Continuity testing
  • Inverter commissioning
  • OEM Authorized Service Partner - TMEIC, Siemens Gamesa, SunGrow

Site Close Out

  • Punchlist closeout
  • Post-construction Warranty Support
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2544 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd
Durham, NC 27707

858.925.3336

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