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Industry · Energy & Resources
Renewable energy ERP from development project to decades of O&M
Renewable energy companies span a long lifecycle: developing and building projects, then operating and maintaining assets for twenty years or more. Each stage has different needs — project costing and procurement during construction, asset management and maintenance afterwards.
- M01Projects
- M02Purchasing
- M03Assets
- M04Maintenance
- M05Inventory
- M06Accounting
Context
ERP in renewable energy
A unified ERP lets the asset register built during construction become the basis for operations, with costs and contracts tracked throughout.
01Operational challenges
What usually breaks before the ERP project starts
01
Project cost control
Large equipment purchases and subcontracts without consolidated commitment tracking.
02
Handover to operations
As-built asset data lost between construction and O&M.
03
Maintenance across sites
Distributed assets with scheduled and corrective maintenance.
04
Contract billing
O&M fees, performance guarantees and availability-based payments.
02Core flows
How the ERP should handle each part of the business
- Sales flow
- EPC contracts with milestone billing; O&M contracts with fixed and variable fees.
- Procurement
- Major components (turbines, modules, inverters, batteries) with long lead times and warranties.
- Inventory
- Spare parts by site and central store; serialised major components.
- Warehouse
- Spares logistics to remote sites.
- Accounting
- Project costing, capitalisation of assets, depreciation and contract revenue.
- CRM
- Landowners, offtakers, investors and stakeholders tracked.
03Industry workflows
Workflows specific to renewable energy
01
Project to asset
Installed components recorded as assets at commissioning.
02
Warranty tracking
Component warranties and claims managed.
03
Preventive maintenance
Schedules by asset type and manufacturer recommendation.
04
Performance-linked billing
Contract terms tied to availability or generation data.
04 — Reporting
Reports that should come out of the system, not a spreadsheet
- Project budget vs commitments vs actuals
- Asset availability and downtime
- Maintenance cost per MW
- Warranty claims status
- Spare parts usage
- Contract revenue
05 — Compliance
Compliance considerations
Grid connection requirements, environmental permits, health and safety at remote sites and incentive programme reporting. Store permits and inspection records against projects and assets.
Regulatory requirements vary by jurisdiction. We configure the system to support your obligations; confirm specific rules with your auditor or compliance advisor.
06 — Integrations
Systems the ERP needs to talk to
SCADA and monitoring platforms, GIS, project scheduling tools and document management are typical integrations.
07AI opportunities
Where AI is genuinely useful here
Practical uses that sit on top of clean ERP data. None of them replace getting the core transactions right first.
01
Alarm-to-work-order triage
Classify monitoring alerts into maintenance tasks.
02
Document extraction
Pull key terms from permits and contracts.
03
Failure pattern analysis
Identify components with recurring failures.
08ERP modules
Modules a typical deployment includes
- M01Projects
- M02Purchasing
- M03Assets
- M04Maintenance
- M05Inventory
- M06Accounting
- M07Field Service
- M08Documents
09Roadmap
Implementation roadmap
- 01
Project controls
Budgets, commitments and procurement.
- 02
Asset register
As-built assets at commissioning.
- 03
O&M
Maintenance and field service.
- 04
Monitoring integration
SCADA data driving work and billing.
10Common mistakes
Mistakes we see repeatedly
01
Losing as-built data
Capture serials and configurations during construction.
02
Separate project and O&M systems
Handover is easier in one system.
03
Ignoring warranties
Track warranty terms to recover costs.
04
Remote stock blind spots
Spares at sites must be tracked.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can the ERP link to SCADA?
Monitoring data can be integrated to trigger maintenance and inform contract reporting.
Can we capitalise project costs?
Yes, project costs can be capitalised into assets according to accounting policy.
Can we track component warranties?
Yes, against serialised assets and suppliers.
Similar industries
Industries with related workflows
SolarERP for solar installers and EPCs: lead-to-install, system design BOMs, panel serials, permits and service.Oil & GasERP for oilfield services and downstream distributors: assets, rentals, field tickets, HSE and fuel distribution.AgricultureERP for farms, agribusiness and processors: crops or livestock costs, inputs, harvest lots and sales.
Next step
Construction data lost at handover?
We will map project-to-asset in one system.