How does a drone solar inspection work?

This enables operators to cost-effectively conduct both visual and thermal inspections of all their solar panels to keep the entire plant operating at peak efficiency and maximize returns. During a Drone Solar Inspection, an M210 is manually flown at a height of 50m following horizontal flight paths from West to East.

Can drones inspect solar panels?

However, by conducting solar panel inspections with drones, a team of two is now able to inspect every single solar module in just 13 days, rapidly identifying damaged or dirty panels and making the sites much more viable to maintain and keep running at peak capacity.

How can drone technology help build a better solar plant?

By enabling operators to monitor and maintain panels much more comprehensively, and at a fraction of the cost, drone technology is becoming a fundamental tool in building bigger, better, solar plants providing more clean energy for more people. To stay in touch and receive ebooks, resources, and product updates, subscribe to our newsletter.

How does drone visual work?

To overcome this challenge, Drone Visual utilizes DJI’s Matrice 210 RTK V2 (M210 RTK V2) drone with a mounted Zenmuse XT2 thermal imaging camera. This enables operators to cost-effectively conduct both visual and thermal inspections of all their solar panels to keep the entire plant operating at peak efficiency and maximize returns.

Can a SWIR camera be used for photovoltaic solar panels?

Raptor Photonics has published an application note explaining how its SWIR (short-wave infrared) cameras can be used in drone-based electroluminescence (EL) imaging of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.

Can drones be used in a solar plant?

Solar plants aside, drones are already being utilized by other industries in a variety of similar drone inspection scenarios. While Drone Visual has utilized DJI’s M210 RTK V2 drone equipped with an XT2 thermal camera, other scenarios have been quick to adopt the newer M300 plus H20T set-up.