Customer Benefits.
SOLON is a pioneer in the planning and construction of turnkey solar power plants. We have extensive experience in the operation and maintenance of solar power plants. We have leveraged this experience and knowledge to optimize and standardize recurring processes and components in the construction and operation of power plants. The result—a highly efficient modular power plant design.
With the modular system design of SOLON Andromeda power plants, many cost-intensive steps can be avoided. This helps to reduce the construction time and the overall levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) by a significant margin:
Low Investments.
SOLON Andromeda's standardized concept and the preconfigured components reduce the planning and construction costs and result in rapid financial gains. The supply chain and logistics process are much more efficient when standardized components are used, benefiting from economy-of-scale effects. The power plant can also be planned, permitted, and commissioned within a significantly shorter period, as the design and construction process both draw on previous experience and well-known and documented cluster characteristics . With proven components in a repeatable 1 MW design, the predictable performance reduces the complexity of the technical and economic due diligence processes and aids in securing financing far more quickly.
Maximizing Profits During the Service Life.
All Andromeda components are tested for maximum efficiency. Ensuring the best possible compatibility of the components is another decisive factor. Each test and trial series extends the SOLON knowledge base, which in turn helps to improve the design. This cycle leads to constant quality improvements and the elimination of both short and long term risk. The low LCOE of SOLON’s Andromeda power plants and the high return on investment turn large-scale solar projects into profitable systems for decades. Good for the environment and for the investors.
Low Operating and Maintenance Costs.
Reliable components have long service lives and require fewer repairs. Fewer spares mean less maintenance costs and result in a significant improvement of the operating time of power plants. In addition, SOLON is able to make use of tried and trusted solutions from the extensive experience gained in maintaining other large-scale projects. This means that fewer problems occur and if they do occur, they will be more rapidly resolved. SOLON Vega is an innovative remote monitoring and control tool used for all SOLON Andromeda power plants. With SOLON Vega, performance is continuously tracked and any fluctuations are detected real-time, often being able to be eliminated by remote control via the Internet. Expensive on-site operations are thus avoided.
Sound Investment.
The use of standardized components and processes significantly reduces the investment risk over the entire life of a power plant. Like project planning and implementation, the maintenance and operation of the power plant are far easier to plan and far more predictable than with conventional design-to-fit power plant solutions. The quality of these standardized power plants significantly reduces the general investment risk, while the performance data and degradation characteristics of the standardized components make it possible to predict the expected energy output with accuracy over the entire service life of the power plant. Underscored by SOLON’s industry leading performance guarantee, Velocity power plants are a low risk investment.
