Renewable Energy: Selling a Project, Then Maintaining It for Years

Solar installers don't just close a sale — they open a decade-long relationship. Your ERP should reflect that.

A solar installation company sells a photovoltaic system once, but the relationship with the client continues for years through maintenance contracts. Tracking the installation project and the ongoing service separately usually means losing track of one of them.

The typical gaps

• Installation projects (design, procurement, install, commissioning) live in scattered notes
• Recurring maintenance contracts aren't distinguished from one-off installation sales
• Equipment purchases (panels, inverters) aren't linked to which project consumed them
• No easy way to see which clients are due for their annual maintenance visit

What Odoo brings

Technova's Énergie package combines Project management with Sales, Purchase and HR: an installation becomes a project with clear phases, while maintenance contracts are simply recurring products on a sales order. Panel and inverter purchases flow through the same stock and accounting as everything else, so project costing stays accurate from quote to years of after-sales service.