For private corporations, government entities, and major non-profit
landholders, SGD offers each service via direct contract:
Service Descriptions:
SGD’s services will be contracted to the Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) that will be established to own each solar power-producing facility. Whether the facility is owned by an SGD-Investor group, or by a corporation, government, or other third party, the following services are required for all projects and will be contracted between SGD and the Project LLC or other Project Owner.
Engineering & Planning:
Solar design: Feasibility and viability consultation; solar development planning; project design; solar equipment specifications and coordination; current inversion design.
Electrical engineering: Power collection; substation transformation and treatment; distribution and delivery systems; preparation of construction documents and permit documents.
Civil and Structural engineering: Site design and construction documents; structural building analysis and roofing design; soils, grading, water management design; applicable permit documents
Regulatory Management:
Utility process: Negotiation and fulfillment of Power Purchase Agreement; Interconnection process & fulfillment; Transmission process and fulfillment.
Local authorities: Local building and zoning applications and approvals; State water and land management applications and approvals.
State utility commission: NC Utility Commission application and approvals, or other state as required; Certification as “Qualified Facility”; Certification as a “Renewable Energy Facility”
Federal authorities: FedFederal authorities: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) application & approvals; Certification as a “Renewable Energy Facility”
Project Management:
Coordinate all engineering documents and approvals; coordinate scheduling and procurement.
Cost Controls: Budgeting; Intermediate and final cost estimating; guaranteed maximum pricing; Bid documents and vendor/subcontractor contracts; equipment and subcontractor buy-out; project accounting.
Construction: Direct and manage all phases of construction: civil, structural, building, electrical, power delivery, equipment installation, controls, start-up process, and punch-list completion.
Quality Control: commissioning by thQuality Control: commissioning by third parties, inspections and testing, internal audit.
Operations and Maintenance:
Operations: Monitor daily operations from control center; assure power delivery to utility.
Regulatory: Maintain all inspections, certifications, licenses, data records.
Maintenance: Establish and fulfill regular maintenance and testing schedule; procure and install replacement parts and repairs; storm inspection and protection.
Financial Services:
Project Funding: Solicit and organize investor funding for solar projects; apply for and obtain debt financing for solar projects; establish solar projects as individual LLC entities
Real Estate Services: Identify and obtain rights to suitable properties for future solar projects; option and/or purchase properties for the solar project LLC entities.
Project Accounting: Run accounting services for each individual solar project LLC entity; keep books, balance sheet, profit and loss sheet, on accrual basis, arrange and make tax filings; keep all project financial records current.
Project Revenue Collection: Create billing and collect revenues on behalf of solar project LLC entities; make distributions to owners as required by LLC agreement.
The Solution is the fourth “product” for sale by Solar Green Development, which utilizes each service to create operational solar power plants in order to produce renewable power sold to utilities for direct revenue for the company’s investors.
