Georgia is a different maintenance environment than most of the Mid-Atlantic. A longer growing season, heavy summer rain, and red clay that erodes fast once exposed all change what a solar site needs from its O&M program. Here is what to plan for.

Most people think of vegetation management as a production issue. In the fall, it is also a fire-risk issue. Dry, dead-standing growth under and around energized equipment is fuel, and mowing height, equipment clearance, and timing decide how much of it a site carries. Here is what a fire-aware vegetation plan looks like.