Independent owner-side advisory
Technical, contractual and commercial judgement for solar PV and battery storage.
For funds, investors, asset owners and operating platforms across utility-scale and C&I solar PV and battery storage projects and portfolios.
Every engagement is led directly by Joe Miletic.
Services
Solclaris provides tailored owner-side technical-commercial advisory across development, delivery, operations and transactions. Common mandates include the areas below.
Close-out, acceptance and handover
For assets approaching PAC/FAC, or where defects, documentation, acceptance evidence or contractual close-out obligations remain unresolved, including issues carried into operations.
Typical outputs: acceptance and handover review, close-out tracker, PAC/FAC recommendation.
Performance, defects and contractor accountability
For underperforming assets or portfolios where responsibility for losses or defects is unclear, including issues involving EPC obligations, O&M scope, warranty position, design assumptions, as-built condition or operations.
Typical outputs: diagnostic note, accountability map, recovery roadmap.
Transactions and portfolio transition
For acquisitions, refinancings, exits, portfolio onboarding or transfers where delivery status, operational readiness, performance, contractual position or residual technical-commercial risk need clearer assessment.
Typical outputs: diligence memorandum, risk matrix, pre-close or early-ownership priority plan.
Tailored technical-commercial advisory
For defined project, asset or portfolio questions involving regulatory requirements, procurement, contracts, lifecycle planning or investment decisions. Solclaris can scope and deliver the work, bringing in specialist engineering input where useful.
Typical outputs: technical-commercial review, readiness assessment, options paper, implementation plan.
BESS and solar-plus-storage
The same owner-side approach applies to standalone BESS and solar-plus-storage. Support can include technical-commercial diligence, review of acceptance and handover evidence, EPC/O&M/route-to-market (RTM) interfaces, warranty structure, availability and degradation KPIs, operational readiness and transition risk. Specialist battery engineering input can be brought in where required.
How I work
Clear diagnosis, owner-side judgement and practical delivery.
01
Diagnose
Review the relevant requirements, contracts, data and evidence to establish the position, key risks and priority actions.
02
Advise
Set out the owner-side position, options and recommended action for boards, investment committees and senior decision-makers.
03
Deliver
Carry the agreed workstream through to a clear output and next steps, engaging directly with contractors, advisers, authorities and other counterparties where required.
Engagements can be structured as fixed-scope reviews, time-and-materials support or advisory retainers.
Solclaris works from an owner-side position, with no standing commercial dependencies on EPCs or O&M providers.
Selected experience
4 GW+ solar PV lifecycle exposure across development, construction, operations, acquisitions and exits in UK and international portfolios.
Amberside Management Solutions | Managing Director
Led Amberside Management Solutions with full P&L accountability; the business supported 200 MWp+ of UK utility-scale and C&I solar portfolios.
- Technical-commercial advisory, Employer's Requirements, EPC/O&M structuring and procurement
- Performance investigations, analytics, defect resolution, acceptance and close-out
- Portfolio governance, investor reporting, diligence and transaction support
Foresight Group | Solar Lead
Senior Portfolio Manager and Solar Lead with portfolio-wide responsibilities across ~1 GWp of UK solar; statutory director across 11 SPVs.
- Portfolio-wide performance strategy, contractor benchmarking and value-protection initiatives
- Fund, board and SPV-level governance, including compliance and board reporting
- Technical due diligence, yield assessment, risk review and BESS investment support
Earlier owner-side roles included Head of JLEN Solar at John Laing, Head of Engineering at Armstrong Energy and Global Asset Manager at Sonnedix. Responsibilities spanned performance, acceptance, contractor management, warranty recovery, claims, analytics, refinancing and transactions.
Contact
To discuss a situation, workstream or mandate, email Solclaris. All enquiries are reviewed directly by Joe Miletic.
NDA available where required.
UK-based. Available for UK and European mandates. Delivery in English or French where useful.
If useful, include the project or portfolio, immediate issue, decision required and timeframe.
Or email: joe@solclaris.com
Joe Miletic
Founder & Director, Solclaris