O&M Leaders: Skilled labour shortages are increasing and so is the number of ageing assets

As the solar industry matures, operators are facing a double challenge:

🔸 Fewer skilled technicians entering the workforce
🔸 More ageing assets demanding increased maintenance attention

The result? Maintenance teams are stretched thin, spending too much time on Corrective Maintenance and chasing hard-to-diagnose faults, to the detriment of Preventative Maintenance, often without the right tools to prioritise what really matters.

Here’s the good news: most sites already have the data to work smarter. SCADA and string monitoring systems are standard—but they’re too often siloed from Preventative Maintenance workflows.

💡 SolarGain by Above bridges that gap.

✅ Correlate SCADA and string data with PM inspections
✅ Detect and diagnose alarms and faults with digital twin insights
✅ Focus limited labour on the highest-impact and risk areas
✅ Manage ageing assets more proactively—with less guesswork

As the fleet of solar assets ages, human effort must become more targeted, not just more frequent. SolarGain helps you make every technician visit count.

👉 If you’re feeling the pressure of labour constraints and a growing maintenance backlog, it’s time to let your data do the heavy lifting. Reach out to Above to be shown how.

You could also join our webinar in September about: Next-Level Efficiency in Solar Operations with O&M 2.0