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First Solar ADvise™
ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
FIRST SOLAR O&M SERVICES
ADvise™ FEATURES
Advanced diagnostics
and plant analytics
performed
Daily DC health
analytics
Daily sensor validation
analytics
Weekly performance
engineering review
DC health performance
recommendations
Monthly performance
review
ADvise™ Web portal
Module health field
sweep and report
(optional)
Monthly plant
performance report
(optional)

Solar asset owners entrust more gigawatts (GW) of PV power plants to First Solar than
to any other company in the world. With over 3GW in operation and more than 4.5GW of
total contracted capacity worldwide, GTM Research named First Solar the world’s leading
provider of O&M services for utility scale plants.
With a state-of-the-art Operations Center, advanced performance analytics, and technical
expertise, our comprehensive service offering optimizes energy output and revenue for
customers while mitigating risk.

ADvise™ ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
With First Solar ADvise™, solar asset owners leverage our experience in utility-scale O&M
to maximize plant output and reduce operational expenses. By pinpointing suboptimal
plant performance and making actionable recommendations to local operators, ADvise™
delivers value that far exceeds standard energy monitoring products. Our proprietary
diagnostics and expert analysis maximize system availability, energy output, and revenue
while reducing operational expenses for our customers.

ADvise™ BENEFITS
REDUCE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
•t Targeted maintenance
streamlines
efficiencies and
reduces costs
•t Proactive maintenance
results in prolonged
equipment life

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OPTIMIZE SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE
•t Proactive analysis
remedies issues
before they become
a serious problem
•t Improved
measurement accuracy
and energy output
analytics (actual vs.
expected)

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
•t Leverage First Solar’s
expertise and lessons
learned
•t Benefit from root
cause analysis of
performance shortfalls

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