EE International is a life-of-asset, single-source service provider of distributed and utility scale photovoltaic (PV) projects. We provide value added service and full solution packages to major utilities, power developers, and equipment suppliers. Our services range from site identification and assessment through detailed design and construction. In the America and Asia, our environmental team is experienced in helping clients assess site feasibility and achieve planning permission and overcome grid connection challenges for solar developments. From initial design and permitting through to engineering, procurement and construction, we work with clients in the solar industry to develop the best solution possible.
Partnering with leading financing companies, solar PV components manufacturing companies, we offers comprehensive solar feasibility and design services, construction and delivery, and competitive product supply channels. We are able to provide complete on LAND or on WATER FLOATING SOLAR EPC solutions or tailored solutions which complement the future solar PV system owners’ requirements.
Our EPC Services solution gives you the versatility to decide whether your project requires our complete three-phase offering of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) or just one of these select specialist services. Once our Project Development team have handled all aspects involved in acquiring, investing or financially backing a planned future development or a partly developed or constructed project, our EPC Services team step in to competently deliver a fully commissioned turnkey solar project.
Developing a PV project is a process involving many stages and requires a multidisciplinary teams of experts. The key steps for developing a solar PV project are well established, and yet there is no difinitive detailed "road map" a developer can follow. The approach taken in each project depends on site-specific parameters and the developer's priorities, risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and the types of financing support mechanisms (i.e., above market rates/subsidies or tax credits) available in a given market. However, in all cases, certain activities need to be completed that can broadly be organized in the following seven stages:
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SEVEN (7) STAGES OF A MW SOLAR PROJECT: Concept development and site identification Prefeasibility study Feasibility study Financing/Contracts Detailed design Construction Commissioning EEI, GLOBALLY WE ARE THE EXPERT IN PROVIDING: Financing/Funding/Investors Partnership, EPC services and O&M services |
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Engineering & project management
Environmental assessment & permitting
EPC & general contracting
Feasibility studies & project planning
Plant construction & commissioning
Plant operation & maintenance
Our specialist in-house Solar Engineers design the project to match pre-determined requirements and site-specific details. Before the engineering design is finalised, yield simulation tests are run to make sure it is the most efficient and productive configuration possible. Design of the following phases are to match and to exceed UL American USA standard for quality and safety:
DC design
AC design
Substation design
Transmission Line design
SCADA, weather, security control & monitoring design
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Cutting-edge Technologies
Site design and technology selection optimized
Fixed tilt and single axis trackers
Integrated inverter/transformer stations
Direct buried, above-ground, floating cable solutions
Modules
The Solar Engineers and Project Construction Managers work closely with our Procurement Team to ensure all our ‘Tier One’ products are able to be supplied and delivered on-site and on time. Tier One modules achieve a higher energy output, longer life-span and are supported with a quality warranty to suit standards and remote weather conditions. EEI exclusively uses ‘Tier One’ crystalline solar modules, highest quality inverters, racking systems, floats, DC/AC cables, and balance of system (BOS) suitable and cost effective for each of the solar project.
From the preparation of the project documentation to the handover of the turnkey solar plant, we finalises the project paperwork and applies our experience-based project and global quality standards to ensure all contractors and sub-contractors are performing to requirement. During the construction phase, each project is led by an experienced Project Construction Manager, who oversees each and every project milestone. Our Project Construction Managers and team also encourage employing local labourers and sub-contractors, helping to train and support remote local economies and communities.
Using solar power is essentially prepaying for energy—or prepaying for fuel, in the parlance of utilities—30 years in advance. PV requires harnessing the sun’s power today and every day for the next 30 years. On a missed operational day, solar radiation is dissipated as heat. This is a lost opportunity, like pouring gasoline onto the ground. Even one day of lost energy is wasted potential. This is why the operations and maintenance (O&M) aspect of a PV system is so important. Nevertheless, it is often overlooked. Despite the fact that PV systems are low maintenance, they are not completely maintenance free. Solar is an excellent, reliable source of power, but PV systems must be diligently observed and operated to capture as much of the convertible power as possible. In this way, owner/operators can achieve the benefit necessary to pay off their investment. Many developers try to convince investors that panels can be forgotten once they are turned on. This oversimplification underestimates O&M and allows developers to reduce cost assumptions to boost profitability.
