“Our desire is to know and manage the best assets to design and implement the most effective and efficient solutions, increasing quality and performance. The achievement of results depends on everyone’s contribution, on the consolidation of knowledge and skills that trigger a constant and lasting growth and that allow us to hit not only the company targets, but also the most ambitious decarbonisation targets” – Gian Luca Teodori, Head of Operations.
TO SIMPLIFY IN ORDER TO MANAGE BETTER: THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OPERATIONS AREA
The achievement of decarbonisation targets and the increase in clean energy production also depend on the ability of operators in the sector to efficiently manage the organisational dynamics of their companies. EF Solare, in order to make the most of the management of its assets, has adopted a new organizational structure of the Operations area. As the first photovoltaic operator in Italy, the company felt the need to reflect in the organization a more industrial approach necessary to ensure the longest possible life to the best performance of the plants and therefore more green electricity produced.
The new organizational structure aims to improve the management of assets through an adequate commitment of people skills favored by a simplification of the organization in order to ensure the achievement of the strategic objectives of the Group. In fact, 2022 will represent an important milestone for EF Solare to confirm itself as a leading player in the energy transition process in Italy and Europe, through the implementation of major investments in revamping and repowering activities on its plants.
The reorganization of the Operations area was therefore mainly focused on some fundamental targets.
Unify the responsibilities of the Asset & Energy Management and Business Operations units, generating greater efficiency in the management of all active and passive contractual relationships in place for the operation of photovoltaic plants. This area, which is responsible for ensuring the manufacturability of the assets, is entrusted with the daily relationship with O&M contractors, local authorities, institutions and traders. For this reason, internal and external relations have been rationalized in order to simplify processes and make them faster and more efficient.
Give autonomy to the Maintenance unit which must guarantee the maintenance of internalized plants through the management of technical skills and stock management. This area is required to verticalize the processes of internalization in place, factoring in the technical skills developed, to generate a process of continuous improvement and best practices that allow to achieve a predictive approach to plant operation. In parallel to the internalization, Maintenance is required to support the technical management of the outsourced assets through the verification of the activities carried out by third parties in our plants in order to ensure contractual compliance and increase performance standards.
Separate the responsibilities of the Engineering unit from the Technology & Construction unit. The Engineering unit will be committed to ensuring the consistency of design choices for both revamping & repowering and greenfield operations and compliance with acquired authorizations. The Technology & Construction unit, on the other hand, will be responsible for the implementation of the approved investment interventions, guaranteeing the use of the best technical solutions available on the market and compliance with deadlines and costs.
The new structure has joined the other organizational units already present in the Operations area.
The Monitoring unit is dedicated to the collection and analysis of data coming from the monitoring system in order to highlight the production deviations and the primary causes, to address mitigation and improvement actions.
The Support & Optimization unit dedicated to the definition of the best operational strategies and to the coordination of transversal processes of the various functions of the Operations area.
“EF Solare is committed to improving and perfecting its modus operandi on a daily basis, optimizing processes and simplifying internal structures for greater work effectiveness. The organization is in fact what allows each company to realize its business and objectives by creating value for its stakeholders and developing the human capital available. Our desire is to know and manage the best assets to design and implement the most effective and efficient solutions, increasing quality and performance. The achievement of results depends on everyone’s contribution, on the consolidation of knowledge and skills that trigger a constant and lasting growth and that allow us to hit not only the company targets, but also the most ambitious decarbonisation targets”, said Gian Luca Teodori, Head of Operations.
