Survey Digital entered the market of advanced power electronics in early 2009, acting as Satcon’s authorized distributor for Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. The company originally was re-selling photovoltaic inverters but was evolved later as a photovoltaic developer and named SDL Solar LLC, focusing in the markets of Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and the USA. Through the development of a project and its sale to an investor with financing, SDL Solar was securing the sale of the inverter system as well. But in order to convince a customer to accept the purchase of an inverter system, a local after sales support mechanism had to be in place. So back then, Survey Digital financed and instituted a technical team to commission and technically support the inverters sold to the investors/owners of the photovoltaic projects. These service engineers received training on central inverter troubleshooting in 2009 and begun commissioning central inverters in early 2010 and until the end of 2012.
With the commissioning of dozens of MWs of systems, the team gained extreme experience and knowledge on advanced power electronics troubleshooting. In simple words, while others were “installing” systems, our engineers were providing “troubleshooting” on those systems.
SDL Solar ceased business as a distributor of inverters and photovoltaic developer in October 2012, as the EPC market was coming to an end. At that time, one of the SDL partners Dr. Kostas Daniilidis believed that next professional success will come from exploiting and transforming the experienced inverter service team from a “tool for sales” as the new “core business”. So in November 2012 he personally founded and financed Survey Digital SP.LLC (M.EPE).
Survey Digital is a company specializing in after sales technical support and maintenance of operating photovoltaic systems within the EMEA region. The company has two business units:
• Preventive & Corrective Maintenance of central & string inverters in the EMEA region• Operation & Maintenance of utility scale photovoltaic installations in Greece
Survey Digital’s personnel has 5 years of experience in advanced power electronics in the PV industry and is comprised of highly qualified and experienced engineers. Our engineers operate under a quality management system by ISO 9001:2008 and are all certified from inverter manufacturers and by EN 50110-1 (European Norm for Operation of Electrical Installations) .
Survey Digital acts since December 2014 as an ABB Gr Authorized Service Partner for Greece, Romania and United Kingdom.
Survey Digital acts since September 2014 as the exclusive Satcon spare parts provider and as non-exclusive Authorized Service Partner for Europe.
Survey Digital acts as Sungrow Authorized Service Partner for Greece, since January 2013.
Survey Digital acts as Power One Authorized Service Partner for Greece, since November 2013.
Survey Digital is certified by Santerno Elettronica to provide maintenance services on Santerno photovoltaic inverters.
Survey Digital acts as Fronius Authorized Service Partner for Greece, since February 2015.
The company is housed in a modern and spacious office space in Chalandri (Athens suburb), within a 20 min drive from the Athens airport. The company operates and manages a spare parts warehouse in the same building, which houses a repair center for string inverters.
The company operates a fleet of 3 service vehicles and one 5.5 ton truck.
Vision: As the solar energy market in the Balkans has reached to a significant installed base, there is a tremendous need for professional after sales support of operating photovoltaic projects. We at Survey Digital, having our own expertise through self-own solar installations as well as experts in power electronics of utility scale solar installations over the past years, we aim to contribute to this task, through highly professional and experienced personnel.
Mission: Our mission is to “keep inverters constantly on line”, as well as to have “power at its peak” in solar installations we operate and maintain. All these can be realized thanks to professional preventive maintenance tasks. And in rare cases of faults, we aim to bring the systems immediately back on line. Survey Digital has a results-oriented approach for all of our clients and partners.
Values & Code of Ethics: The need for change in the energy industry is coupled by the need for change in business practices and social responsibility. That is why Survey Digital’s values and code of ethics follow a “Clean energy promoted by clean business practices” approach. Survey Digital’s business customs and processes must promote efficiency, honesty, integrity, transparency and loyalty to our partners and society, in the utmost professional and efficient manner. We also aim to be a socially and environmentally responsible organization, implementing green practices under our Corporate Social Responsibility policy. This policy looks to make our staff feel loyal and proud of being part of the Survey Digital team, while we help bring about real changes to human lives and to society.
Field Service Engineer: We are in search of a new colleague for our growing team, an electrical & electronics engineer to act as a field service engineer providing services in Greece, Italy and Romania. The candidate has to know fluent English and possibly Italian, as well as basic computer and network skills. If you feel that you fit the description, please send us your resume.
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