Making the Future of Clean Energy a Reality

At Sun Tribe, our mission is to make the future of clean energy a reality. We do this by minimizing downtime, maximizing performance, and extending the life of renewable energy systems

Operations & Maintenance

Asset owners can rest easy. Our dedicated, in-house team of engineers, electricians, and operators provide turnkey operations, maintenance, and support services for solar PV and battery energy storage assets. We are 100% customer focused and dedicated to building lasting partnerships.
  • 365

    Days / Year
    Active Monitoring

  • 100%

    In-House Technicians & Electricians

  • 99.1%

    TTM Availability

  • 1st

    Pollinator Certified Site in Virginia

  • 100%

    Client-Partner Focused

  • Regional Focus
  • PWA Compliant
We’re equipped to operate and maintain your project, in whatever form it takes:

Monitoring + Performance — Protect your Legacy

With round-the-clock monitoring from our operations center, we set our sights on your sites. We also keep watch on the external factors that can impact operations, such as regional weather and host utility service outages and corrective repairs.

With hundreds of MWs of PVsyst experience, our performance engineers are ready to dive deep to elevate your facility’s performance:

Monitoring + Response

  • Data Acquisition System (DAS) commissioning + alarms setup
  • Daily monitoring + alarms response
  • Relay operation + event analysis

Optimization + Reporting

  • PVsyst modeling
  • Performance testing + optimization (NREL PR + ASTM 2848)
  • Inverter-level availability reporting
  • Inverter tuning to maximize AC output in compliance with interconnection agreements
  • Production trend analysis
  • Customized reporting
  • PPA invoicing

Field Services

With in-house engineers supporting our boots-on-the-ground technicians, together, we’ll optimize planned inspection and maintenance schedules for your assets, as well as offer market-leading response times to unplanned outages and corrective repairs. 

With deep experience across all component types, our team is prepared to become your trusted steward of a host of modules, trackers, transformers, and more. Our maintenance package includes:

Spare Parts Inventory + Warranty Administration

  • Warranty claim enforcement and securing of RMAs
  • EPC warranty management
  • Spare parts storage and management

Inspections + Planned Maintenance

  • DC Health Inspections
  • Electrical inspections, including DC, low-voltage AC, medium-voltage AC equipment
  • Transformer testing and oil sampling | NETA standard
  • Mechanical inspections, including fixed racking / trackers, met stations, DAS
  • Switchgear inspections
  • Meter and pyranometer calibration
  • Infrared thermography | IV Curve Tracing

Event Response + Corrective Maintenance

  • On-Site Troubleshooting of all major components
  • Cloud-based platform to document site visits with “as found” and “as left” conditions, providing transparent and real-time visibility for asset owners
  • Relay troubleshooting, and event diagnosis 
  • Management of stormwater features
  • Inverter repairs and maintenance
  • Module removal and replacement
  • Tracker repairs

Vegetation Management

From treeline and vegetative buffer management, to fence and stormwater feature repairs, our in-house team of vegetation management crews — in collaboration with regional partners — can tailor personalized vegetation management plans, while minimizing associated costs. 

Platform Competency

Our tech-enabled approach is at the core of our work, and is critical to driving efficient and effective solutions for our partners. We utilize leading software platforms to enable our operations and are fluent in a wide variety of solar technologies, including:

Pollinator Certified

Sun Tribe has a commitment to supporting the proliferation of native pollinator species at ground mounted solar sites. We were on the ground floor of the development of Virginia’s Pollinator-Smart / Bird Habitat Scorecard program and established the first pollinator-certified site in 2020. 

Pollinator-friendly solar sites leverage native vegetation to support birds, butterflies, and other crucial wildlife. From optimizing the native seed mix and mowing regime, to continually mapping and eradicating invasive species, Sun Tribe is committed to ensuring that native pollinator species thrive at our ground mounted solar sites.

Drone Services

We’ll be your eyes in the skies. A crucial tool in the asset management toolbox, we employ drones to collect data, pinpoint problems, and to streamline module RMAs. Our drone-related services include:

  • Infrared imaging
  • Aerial photography to identify site abnormalities and boundary conditions
  • Improved performance monitoring
  • Easily accessible reports via cloud portal with superior archival metadata 
  • Analytics and reports via Raptor Maps

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Contact Us

O&M Inquires

Ryan Tully
President, SunTribe O&M
[email protected]
800-214-4579

Mailing Address:
107 5th Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902