• 11 MW
• Kenhardt, South Africa
• Power 4 900 Homes

Aries Solar Power is an 11 MW PV facility located about 40 km outside the town of Kenhardt in the Northern Cape, on about 30 hectares of land. The plant uses 45 000 photovoltaic panels to produce approximately 22 GWh per year. This is enough energy to meet the annual needs of about 4 900 average South African homes

This is another project which has helped me gain knowledge in the renewable energy field. Some of the tasks I have undertaken at this site are:

• Managed, monitored and optimised maintenance systems and infrastructure 
• Facilitated and conducted workshops for the reviewing of asset care plans to ensure that the correct maintenance activities are carried out on plant equipment
• Optimised the maintenance plans to ensure that preventive maintenance activities are carried out thus reducing the frequency of corrective maintenance and thereby improving plant availibilty
• Ensured that all asset care plans are configured and generated within the CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
• Standardised the planning and scheduling of maintenance activities with other solar plants. Also ensured that the CMMS is used to plan tactical and non-tactical work
• Developed the equipment tree for the solar plant
• Equipment Identification and Verification done on core equipment. This includes serial numbers, manufacturers and equipment specific ratings
• Ensured that all maintenance and spare part reports are generated within the CMMS and sent out to the relevant stakeholders on a weekly basis
• Provided training and support to all technical staff on the usage of the CMMS