Solarian 2018 Year in Review
The first quarter of 2018 was quite active and fast-paced for the solar energy sector. Projects whose financial studies were carried out in 2017 had difficulty adapting to the new legislation, and were either suspended or rushed to completion. As a result, investors realized the importance of independent audit firms. Although the rest of the year was painful for the sector, we can say that it was busy for us.
Throughout the year, Solarian contributed to more than 250 MW of projects, of which approximately 130 MW consisted of audit and inspection services and the rest of consultancy services. In this process, more than 100 companies entrusted their projects to us.
Under the name of consultancy, we tried to provide added value to the projects of all stakeholders of the sector, including producers, financiers and investors. We conducted technology research on the producer side, project management on the investor side, and plant valuation and feasibility studies on the financier side.
Under the name of audit and inspection; we audited solar power plants in accordance with the IEC 62446 standard. In this service line, we continued to analyze the power plants after the actions taken by creating solution maps beyond the realization and reporting of the audit, and we endeavored to deliver the power plant with the problem concluded. We believe that this is the biggest feature that distinguishes us from other audit companies and we are proud of our audit team because of the positive feedback we receive from our investors.
As a result of the audits, we have prevented a loss equivalent to 3 thousand kWp installed capacity and 5 thousand MWh production. We have seen that many different reasons such as arrays that cannot produce energy due to various reasons, production decreases as a result of shadowing due to improper engineering, low performances due to not using technologies suitable for the field, cell damage, etc. cause production loss. You can see more detailed numerical results in our infographic.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to prevent some of the problems mentioned above for operating power plants. Actions such as dismantling the nailed construction, sending back about 4,000 panels or about 20 inverters per MW, removing and replacing technically inadequate cables, and creating a drainage system cannot be realized in operating power plants. The only way to prevent this is not only to knock on the door of an independent audit firm when there is a problem, but also to work with an audit firm to take precautions in all processes of the investment. As a team, we aim to pioneer long-term work with investors and business partners and we see our customers as real stakeholders. For this reason, we have created our vision by aiming for progress based on unity, not need.
Solarian 2019 Targets
We are preparing to provide our domestic consultancy and audit services for solar energy investments abroad. We will expand our audit team under the 
brand and provide the same services abroad as we do in Turkey with the identity of an independent and local audit firm. Since we have experienced that the reason for each power plant’s deficiency is different, we plan to support investors in a more affordable, faster and value-added way by creating more flexible audit scopes according to the problems of the power plants.