Aerial images allow maintenance teams to receive valuable information & respond fast, in real-time. Drones thermal inspections make it easier to identify potential hazards & anomalies across cells, strings, or panels. Visual data helps you determine if the anomalies are caused by faults such as delamination, cracks, dust, or internal issues such as an inverter or cable failure.

Early detection of faults will help to prevent major output deficiencies. The faster and more accurately your maintenance team can detect possible defects, the quicker they can respond, protecting the interests of investors and ensuring that the the PV system is operating at its peak efficiency.

One of the main reasons for adopting drones for solar farm inspections is reduction in maintenance costs. Typically, inspections of large solar farms are done by a ground team who inspect each panel by hand. This method can take days or weeks. Drones are proven to reduce inspection time by up to 70%.

Traditional solar field assessments consist of inspecting each panel with handheld thermal cameras, which is extremely inefficient and imprecise on large and/or hard to reach solar installations. 

Drone technology has drastically improved the efficiency and accuracy of the inspection process. Drones with thermal cameras, can survey large areas within a solar farm, collecting high-resolution infrared images during just a single flight.