Asset Management

Since 2011, Green Nation has worked with partners to develop and manage renewable energy projects on sites around the UK. Given the urgent need for the energy sector to transition away from fossil fuels, we got to work developing solar farms and rooftop solar generation, while managing solar, wind and hydro projects up and down the country.

In doing so, we have built up strong, durable connections with the stakeholders we partner with – investors, suppliers, landowners, local authorities and the communities they serve.

Renewable Energy Asset Management

Our Asset Management team manages 75 solar farms. Of these, five were originally developed by Green Nation, and the remainder awarded to us to manage once they had been built.

Alongside these solar sites, our portfolio includes four wind sites, one hydro-electric site and 70 commercial rooftop solar installations.

We identify sites, agree a long-term lease with the landowner, gain the permissions required for a solar farm, raise the finance, agree a Power Purchase Agreement for the sale of electricity, then select and oversee the work of the main contractor that builds the site. And finally, we operate the site to optimise electricity production and ensure a good return on investment.

The work carried out by Green Nation on your behalf includes:

Relationships with landowners, local communities, suppliers, local authorities, regulators and lenders

Monitoring and detailed analysis of output from the sites

Identification of opportunities to correct faults and improve the operation of the site

Oversight of the contractors who carry out preventive and corrective maintenance and any one-off improvement projects

Set up agreements to capture the various revenues solar farms earn, raise invoices and collect the monies

Financial management of the entire project

Insurance policies and claims

Reporting to asset owners, lenders and regulatory authorities

Contract negotiations and dispute resolution

Life extensions for sites

Compliance with Health & Safety best practice and regulations

Our in-house team includes technical and commercial asset managers, analysts, accountants and legal expertise. Our asset management team takes an active, hands on approach to managing the assets under their management. The team carries out regular site visits to check conditions and oversee technical work, as well as remote monitoring and performance analysis to ensure assets are performing as expected.

Our asset management team has managed a number of optimisation projects for our clients including: installation of float controllers to correct PID in aging modules; installation of string optimiser devices to address voltage mismatch; lifecycle management projects to address component obsolescence such as inverter repowering; introduction of a more robust spare parts strategy for ongoing maintenance.

In addition to improvement works, we’ve overseen major repairs and site improvement works such as bespoke framework replacement requiring fabrication of obsolete structures damaged in severe storms, cable testing and replacement on LV and HV cables due to installation issues and extensive drainage projects to improve site access and reduce equipment stress.

here works require specialist skills or the sites main O&M contractor lacks capacity, Green Nation’s Asset Management team engages third party design engineers and subcontractors to establish suitable designs and implement major works projects in line with the relevant standards.