The current version 1.0 is the product of one year’s work and covers all the main responsibilities of the O&M contractor, classifying them into minimum requirements and best practices. The guidelines aim to set a quality benchmark for a professional and bankable service provider and of course a high level asset performance.

The Guidelines are the result of the work of the O&M Task Force convened in March 2015. The Task Force is led by First Solar and includes several leading solar companies: 3E, ABB, Adler Solar, Alectris, British Solar Renewables Group, Conergy, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, Enphase Energy, Enel Green Power, Fortum, Iris Hellas, Jinko Solar, Kenergia Sviluppo, Lark Energy, Martifer Solar, Messaritis Renewables, meteocontrol, PowerHub, Primrose solar, Solarcentury, tco-solar, Trina Solar and UL.