Drone solar and wind farm control services

Sustainability also requires maintenance.

As humanity decreases its use of fossil fuels, so does the use of clean energy. However, these facilities require regular maintenance for their operation to be with maximum efficiency.

Renewable energy parks are a challenge, as there are several factors such as dirt or faulty cells that can decrease plant efficiency.

Surveillance drones for solar and wind farms

The use of drones in the maintenance of power plants has revolutionized the sector due to the amount of technical data that unmanned aerial vehicles can provide in their reports and, therefore, improve business decision-making.

Areas of operation for solar and wind farm drones

Maintenance

Maintenance work at solar and wind farms is essential to keep energy facilities operating efficiently. Dirt and potential structural defects can reduce a plant's performance.

Prevention

Besides providing detailed data during inspections, drones offer an important advantage: they reduce risk for maintenance personnel by showing what is happening at the plant without putting anyone in danger.

Benefits: control tasks in solar and wind farms

Damage to detail detected in less time

Possible defects in the power plant, whether superficial or structural, will be detected from any angle in less time, compared to the detection of defects with manual methods.

What could previously cost weeks, drones do it in a few working days, in addition to capturing much more details that used to be overlooked.

The value lies in the details

Before the existence of drones in inspections of renewable energy plants, such as solar or wind farms, maintenance tasks were carried out manually, monitoring each module individually and, sometimes, by sampling.

With the advent of drones, reports are immensely more accurate, because one hundred percent of the plant is analyzed, thus increasing the effectiveness of controlled parks.

Savings in execution costs

In addition to capturing more precise details and from any angle, monitoring renewable energy plants with drones will save execution costs, preventing, in turn, putting the person responsible for inspecting the structures at risk.

Frequently Asked Questions: drones for solar and wind farms

How does drone monitoring of a power plant work?

Drones offer an effective and efficient method of predictive maintenance of a solar or wind farm, since it becomes responsible for carrying out periodic routines for monitoring installations, detecting, if appropriate, possible structural and functional damage or defects.

Why is the use of drones more effective in monitoring solar and wind farms than other traditional methods?

The use of drones is more effective in monitoring renewable energy parks compared to other traditional means due to the reduction of occupational risks for employees, the significant cost savings and their reduction of the environmental footprint since they are electrical devices with zero emissions during their work.

Who can fly a drone to monitor solar and wind farms?

To pilot a drone to inspect solar and wind farms, you need to be qualified as a professional pilot. At PAINTEC we help you with all the procedures to follow to obtain a license to fly surveillance and control drones.

Precisión Aérea Innovación y Nuevas Tecnologías S.L ha recibido financiación del Sherry Ventures Innovation I FCR co-financiado por la Unión Europea a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, FEDER, para la realización del proyecto "Creación de estructura comercial profesionalizada y mejoras en el desarrollo de producto; con el objetivo de promover el desarrollo tecnológico, la innovación y una investigación de calidad.

Este proyecto ha recibido fondos del Programa de Investigación e Innovación Horizonte 2020 de la Unión Europea, con el acuerdo nº 877797