Webinar Solar Asset Management 2.0: Meeting O&M Challenges and Maximizing Performance October 26, 2017 11 am PDT/ 2 pm EDT 60 mins Register for Webinar Members Free Non-members $199 Register for Webinar Ensuring Healthy PV Projects through Asset Management Join us to examine how asset owners can make smart decisions to protect their PV system from down-the-road damages that are normally unnoticeable at commissioning. We will dive deep into comparing actual challenges in operations and performance management within utility solar portfolios. The speakers will highlight strategies during project construction and operations to maximize performance by paying attention to — seemingly undetectable — system health signals. The audience will learn: Resource needs throughout project delivery and how it affects ultimate performance and operations phases of a solar asset. How to assess the role for 3rd party support in asset management and O&M for utility portfolios. Stakeholder strategies that help to lower long-term project risks and increase asset value. Register for Webinar Not a member? Learn more about the benefits of joining the SEPA community. View Membership Info Share Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedIn About the Speakers Daisy Chung Senior Manager, Technical Programs, SEPA Daisy Chung Senior Manager, Technical Programs Daisy joined SEPA in 2014 and has held various roles across research, industry & strategy, operations, and engagement teams. With a research background in utility renewable energy deployment at the distribution level, she leads technical engagements to steer the industry’s energy transformation, producing industry-driven outputs. Her team specializes in fostering collaboration through SEPA’s platforms, cultivating technical and learning communities supported by practitioners. Throughout her tenure, Daisy finds the greatest satisfaction in facilitating joint efforts among stakeholders, especially connecting electric service providers and integrators, to help advance grid evolution initiatives. Before joining SEPA, Daisy focused on process engineering and implementation in the semiconductor industry, overseeing system start-ups, qualification, standardization, and failure and root-cause analysis. Leveraging her experience in technical knowledge transfer, she utilized Six Sigma data analytics and system monitoring strategies to enhance efficiency and drive innovation. Daisy holds a Master of Science in International Public Affairs focusing on Energy Analysis and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas, with dual minors in Business Foundation and Chinese Language. Eric Daniels Managing Director and CEO, Suncycle USA Eric Daniels, Managing Director and CEO of Suncycle USA, a sister company of Suncycle GmbH founded in 2007 for the purpose of conducting field diagnostics, quality assessment, and repair of solar power plants. To date, over 3 million modules have been evaluated, using proprietary Suncycle mobile and mini-labs for in-place module inspections. Before Suncycle USA, Mr. Daniels served as the regional president for Robert Bosch LLC’s North American solar division. There he introduced structured financing, PPAs, loan and lease products to promote solar system sales. Prior to Bosch Solar Energy, Mr. Daniels served as Chief Technology Officer for BP Solar. In addition to managing over $100 million in solar system field inspections. He and his team developed and introduced numerous patented technologies that increased the reliability of solar modules. Many of these advances are being commercialized today. Mr. Daniels also holds a patent for an advanced DC-microgrid Smart Home and Building architecture that integrates solar with storage, HVAC, EV charging and micro-wind generators. Ernest Tom Senior Engineer, Salt River Project Ernie Tom is a Senior Engineer at Salt River Project (SRP), a utility company, in Tempe, Arizona. Grid Modernization Services provides maintenance on its distributed PV resources. Ernie received his Bachelors of Engineering and MBA from Arizona State University. Ernie has been involved in solar maintenance since 2009 and has helped develop solar maintenance plans for off-grid and commercial scale PV systems. His current focus is to create a cost and performance benchmarking platform for utility solar stakeholders through the EUCG and its Solar Committee.