A preventive maintenance schedule for solar, wind and renewable energy plants is the plan of checks, services and inspections that keeps the plant’s equipment running between breakdowns. Inverters, trackers, turbines and storage across many remote sites. The schedule is a mix of routine site rounds and condition-driven work.
Below are the equipment types we list for this industry, each with its own preventive maintenance schedule and checklist, and the common utilities every plant has. The tasks and intervals follow common industry practice; the maker’s manual and site safety procedures come first.
Equipment in a solar, wind and renewable energy plants preventive maintenance schedule
Cranes, lifting & material handling
Power generation & backup
Electrical distribution & power quality
| Equipment | Tasks | Hours per year, one unit |
|---|---|---|
| Flooded lead-acid preventive maintenance schedule | 6 | 49 h |
| Outdoor switchyard: breakers preventive maintenance schedule | 6 | 54 h |
| Protection relays, metering preventive maintenance schedule | 5 | 22 h |
| EV charging station preventive maintenance schedule | 5 | 25 h |
Fire protection & safety
Valves, piping & hydraulics
| Equipment | Tasks | Hours per year, one unit |
|---|---|---|
| Control valve with positioner preventive maintenance schedule | 5 | 8 h |
| Hydraulic power pack, accumulators preventive maintenance schedule | 6 | 103 h |
| Central lubrication system preventive maintenance schedule | 6 | 61 h |
Instruments, automation & laboratory
| Equipment | Tasks | Hours per year, one unit |
|---|---|---|
| Flow meter or level instrument preventive maintenance schedule | 5 | 5 h |
| Online condition monitoring preventive maintenance schedule | 5 | 31 h |
Machine tools, metalworking & assembly
| Equipment | Tasks | Hours per year, one unit |
|---|---|---|
| Welding machines preventive maintenance schedule | 7 | 92 h |
Agro, grain & sugar processing
| Equipment | Tasks | Hours per year, one unit |
|---|---|---|
| Biogas plant: digester, gas holder preventive maintenance schedule | 6 | 104 h |
Common plant equipment in solar, wind and renewable energy plants
Pumps, compressors, motors, boilers, chillers, air handling units, transformers, generators and conveyors appear in almost every industry. Their schedules:
- Centrifugal pump preventive maintenance schedule
- Air compressor preventive maintenance schedule
- Electric motor preventive maintenance schedule
- Boiler preventive maintenance schedule
- Chiller preventive maintenance schedule
- Cooling tower preventive maintenance schedule
- Air handling unit preventive maintenance schedule
- Power / distribution transformer preventive maintenance schedule
- Diesel generator set preventive maintenance schedule
- Belt conveyor preventive maintenance schedule
- Overhead crane preventive maintenance schedule
- Fire pump set preventive maintenance schedule
The full list is on the page of equipment preventive maintenance schedules.
How big is the preventive maintenance schedule for solar, wind and renewable energy plants?
For one unit of each of the 25 industry-specific equipment types in our library, the schedule has 140 recurring tasks and about 1,427 hours of work a year. Adding one unit of each of the 62 common equipment types makes it 507 tasks and about 4,195 hours. A real plant has several units of most of them, which is why the monthly workload needs balancing.
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Pick your equipment in the free generator and download a 12-month schedule as an Excel file, with tasks, intervals and monthly workload hours. For the method, read the guide to the preventive maintenance schedule, and the preventive maintenance checklist.
To run it in software, see maintenance software for renewable energy, or the preventive maintenance software module.
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Frequently asked questions
What should a preventive maintenance schedule for solar, wind and renewable energy plants include?
The equipment that decides output and safety, the tasks and intervals for each, the time each task takes and who does it, and a record of completion. For this industry the biggest groups of equipment are cranes, lifting & material handling, power generation & backup, electrical distribution & power quality, fire protection & safety. Add the statutory examinations that apply to your plant.
How many types of equipment does the solar, wind and renewable energy plants schedule cover?
Our library lists 25 industry-specific equipment types for solar, wind and renewable energy plants and 62 common plant equipment types, each with its own tasks, intervals and times.
Is there a free preventive maintenance schedule generator for solar, wind and renewable energy plants?
Yes. The free preventive maintenance schedule generator opens with this industry selected, lets you choose your equipment and quantities, and gives a 12-month schedule as an Excel file.