Chint Solar and Goldbeck Solar combine their strengths in a new joint venture for a better service concept for operation and maintenance in the Netherlands.
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Chint Solar and Goldbeck Solar combine their strengths in a new joint venture for a better service concept for operation and maintenance in the Netherlands.
The newly founded joint venture “ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V.” will commence operations on October 1, 2020 with around 440 MW of secured operation and maintenance contracts and will become the leading PV service company in the Dutch market. Chint Solar and Goldbeck Solar have built a strategic partnership over several years and have jointly implemented 280 MW of PV projects in the Netherlands. Both companies are very committed to the energy transition and intend to be involved in the Dutch solar market in the long term by actively managing PV installations throughout the country during the operational phase. ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V. offers its operation and maintenance services not only for PV installations developed and built by either Chint Solar or Goldbeck Solar, but will also extend its service offering to third party PV installations.
“ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V. will convince our customers with the strengths of two experienced partners. Our EPC experience helps to identify and eliminate weak points at a very early stage, which significantly reduces operating costs. Within the next three years, we plan to grow the operation and maintenance portfolio steeply to more than 1,000 MW. As we grow, we will introduce innovations such as the use of artificial intelligence. In addition to the quantitative factor of a market-leading position for operation and maintenance services in the Netherlands, we also want to offer our customers high-quality and reliable services,” affirms Tobias Schüßler, COO of Goldbeck Solar and Managing Director of ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V.
The existing operation and maintenance portfolio of 440 MW has a good geographical spread across the country and will enable ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V. to offer professional operation and maintenance services at competitive costs. The operation and maintenance service offering will include all necessary aspects such as preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, asset management and other additional services to continuously maximize the performance of solar parks.
Oliver Schweininger, CEO of Chint Solar in Europe and Managing Director of ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V., sees the following success factors: “We offer our customers more than 20 years of global PV experience combined with the strong local expertise of Dutch engineers and service technicians. Bankability in the operation and maintenance business is becoming increasingly important for plant owners to ensure continuity of services over time.” “ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V., with Chint Solar and Goldbeck Solar as shareholders, will be one of the most bankable companies in the Dutch energy sector. The customers of the joint venture can rely on a long-term, fruitful partnership with us”. The local Dutch team will be led by Koen de Louw, who has extensive experience in operations and maintenance services. ZONNEPARK SERVICES NEDERLAND B.V. intends to rapidly expand its team in the coming years to accommodate business growth with a good presence throughout the Netherlands. Proximity to customers is seen by the company’s management as a key factor in the successful management of PV systems with a short response time. This is the most important aspect, adds Koen de Louw: “We always think through the eyes of the customer. We are committed to providing operation and maintenance services very conscientiously and reliably to ensure full customer satisfaction and maximize the performance of the PV system”.
Photo: One of the largest projects Goldbeck Solar is currently working on in the Netherlands is the Lelystad solar park.