Screen wall, row one

Live Output 18.4 MW fleet
Fleet Count 142 units watched
Wind Yield 96.2 index
Solar Yield 91.7 index

Static editorial readouts shown for orientation only. Each project is measured with its own meter set and reviewed at the desk.

Watch the screen. Walk the rows. File the output.

Community wind and solar, kept on steady Counter

Equix Energy Services, LLC runs hands-on operations for smaller community wind and solar fleets, working from the yard at 46 S Rolling Meadows Dr, Fond Du Lac - 54937-9802, United States (US). Our crews walk turbine rows, wash solar arrays, swap inverters and keep interconnection paperwork moving through every filing season. See how the six service lines fit together

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Owner operators, community energy groups, small municipal fleets and farm scale solar hosts all welcome at the desk.

The six service lines

A rule for every row on the sheet

Work is booked as repeating service lines, each with its own sheet, its own sign off and its own paper trail. Every row below links to the full description on the services page, where the field method and the reporting rhythm are set out in detail.

  1. Turbine Inspection Rounds

    Scheduled walks through each turbine row, with blade leading edge checks, tower bolt torque notes and nacelle readings written straight onto the round sheet. Nothing is left for a later memory, and every anomaly is photographed against its unit number.

  2. Panel Wash Cycles

    Water and brush cycles timed to local dust, pollen and harvest seasons, with row access planned around livestock and crop calendars. Wash crews log the date, the weather and the rinse quality on the same sheet the desk uses for output review.

  3. Inverter Swap Runs

    Planned and emergency inverter replacement, handled with the DC side isolated and the AC side proven dead before any work starts. Swap runs carry serial numbers, firmware versions and commissioning notes back to the operations desk within the same week.

  4. Interconnection Filing

    Application packages assembled for utility and municipal review, with single line diagrams, nameplate data and witness test records kept in one folder per project. Filing dates and utility responses are tracked so that no submission quietly ages past its review window.

  5. Blade Repair Windows

    Weather windows booked in advance for leading edge erosion, lightning damage and tip repairs, with rope access and lift plans agreed before the crew leaves the yard. Repair windows are matched to forecast calm spells so that lost production stays small.

  6. Output Report Reviews

    Monthly reviews that put meter data beside weather records, wash dates and outage notes so that every dip has an explanation. Reports are written in plain language for owners and boards, with the supporting spreadsheets kept open for review.

How a working week runs at the desk

Monday morning starts with the screen wall. Readings from every watched unit are compared against the same hour last week, and any unit that drifts more than a set allowance is written onto the walking list. Tuesday through Thursday the crews are in the field, and the desk follows the rounds by radio and by sheet. Friday is for filing: round sheets are signed, photographs are matched to unit numbers, and the week closes with a short summary for each owner.

The rhythm is deliberately plain. A unit is watched, a row is walked, a note is filed. When a repair window or an inverter swap interrupts the pattern, the desk records why, and the output report later explains the gap in production without guesswork.

Coverage
Community wind, farm scale solar and mixed fleets across the upper Midwest.
Desk hours
Monday to Friday, eight in the morning until five in the afternoon, Central time.
Response
Emergency inverter calls are triaged by phone first, then booked into the next available run.
Records
Every service line keeps a signed sheet, a photograph set and a dated entry in the project folder.

Why owners keep a desk like this one

Small fleets deserve the same rigor

A two turbine community project is not a utility scale wind farm, but the bolts, the blades and the meters still need the same attention. Equix Energy Services, LLC builds service schedules that fit the size of the fleet, not a generic template pulled from a larger site.

Paper that survives a board meeting

Owner groups and municipal boards ask hard questions about output and cost. Our round sheets, wash logs and output reports are written so that a treasurer can read them without an engineering background, while still holding the detail an auditor would want to see.

Interconnection is a calendar problem

Most delays in small projects come from paperwork that misses a review cycle. We treat filing dates as fixed appointments, prepare packages early and keep a copy of every utility response in the project folder from the first application to the final witness test.

What the walking list covers

Each site starts with a survey that records the layout of turbine rows, solar blocks, inverter pads and metering cabinets. From that survey we build a walking list: the order in which rows will be inspected, the wash rotation for each block and the spare parts that should live in the site container. The list is reviewed with the owner twice a year so that new equipment, new access tracks and new utility requirements are folded in before they become a surprise.

Turbine inspection and blade work are booked together where possible, so that a single lift or rope access plan covers a full row rather than one tower at a time.

Solar washes are timed against pollen and harvest dust, and every wash is logged with weather so that output gains can be measured instead of assumed.

Inverter swaps are planned with a spare of the same model held in stock where the fleet allows, cutting the wait between a fault call and a working unit.

Questions that come up at the desk

Do you work on both wind and solar at the same site?
Yes. Mixed fleets are common on farms and community energy parks, and our walking lists are built to cover both equipment types in one visit cycle. The report still separates wind and solar production so that each part of the project can be judged on its own numbers.
How quickly can an inverter be replaced?
When a matching spare is held in stock, a planned swap can usually be completed within a week of approval. Emergency calls are triaged by phone first, and the desk gives an honest estimate of the next available run rather than a promise it cannot keep.
Who prepares the interconnection package?
Our desk assembles the application, the diagrams and the witness test records, and works directly with the utility or municipal reviewer. The owner receives a copy of every submission and every response, kept in one folder for the life of the project.
Can you take over a site built by another contractor?
Yes. Takeover starts with a full survey and a document review, after which we issue a short findings note before any service schedule begins. That note tells the owner exactly what was inherited, what needs attention and what can wait.