Renewable energy.
Solar and wind assets are bought, financed and run on condition data. We baseline a site before construction, find underperformance fast with radiometric thermal and blade inspection, and protect value across the whole asset life.
Protect
the asset's
value.
A renewable portfolio lives on evidence. Before piling or turbine erection, the last clean window to record the site baseline closes fast, and once it has gone every boundary, drainage and rights-of-way dispute lands on an owner who cannot prove the prior state. A drone-led pre-construction schedule freezes that baseline.
In operation, solar panels degrade, strings fail and connections overheat in ways a walk-round will not catch, and turbine blades take leading-edge erosion and lightning damage out of sight at height. Radiometric thermal and high-resolution blade capture survey an asset in a single visit and pinpoint exactly where generation is being lost, so maintenance effort and budget go to the right place.
Where it pays
off across
renewables.
Plain-language applications across solar, wind and storage, for diligence, construction and operations teams. Each one protects generation or de-risks a transaction.
Solar PV thermal inspection
A radiometric thermal survey of the whole array in one visit, finding hot-spots, failed diodes and string and module faults that a visual check misses, each rated for action.
Wind turbine blade inspection
Full blade-surface capture from a safe stand-off, catching leading-edge erosion, lightning damage and cracking without a rope team and with less downtime.
Pre-construction baseline
A dated Schedule of Condition of the site before works start, so boundary, drainage and access disputes can be settled against a proven prior state.
Site survey & mapping
Topographic and orthomosaic data for layout, drainage and shading analysis, exported to the formats your design and yield teams use.
O&M condition monitoring
Scheduled re-surveys with change detection, tracking degradation and new faults across the asset life from repeatable capture points.
Substation, BESS & balance-of-plant
Thermal and visual inspection of substations, battery storage and balance-of-plant, where overheating connections are an early warning of failure.
Find the loss,
not just
the fault.
What aerial capture changes for an asset or O&M team, in practical terms.
One visit, whole site
A utility-scale array or wind site surveyed in a single mobilisation rather than a slow ground walk-round.
Loss, located
Thermal and high-resolution capture point straight to the modules, strings and blades that are costing generation.
Safe stand-off
Blades and high-level plant inspected without rope access or extended turbine shutdowns, lowering cost and risk.
Evidence for diligence
A dated, geo-located baseline that stands up in acquisition, financing and warranty or insurance claims.
Feeds your systems
Rated anomaly lists and data in the formats your O&M, CMMS and asset teams already work from.
Repeatable monitoring
Capture points re-flown on schedule, so degradation and new faults are tracked, not rediscovered each year.
What you
receive.
Defensible condition and thermal evidence for diligence and O&M.
Thermal anomaly mosaic
Radiometric mosaic with a rated anomaly list for O&M action.
Blade inspection report
Per-blade imagery and a rated defect list for wind assets.
Site condition baseline
Geo-located record of arrays, turbines, tracks, drainage and boundaries.
Orthomosaic & DTM
Geo-referenced GeoTIFF and surface model for design and records.
Renewable
asset questions.
More in the FAQ hub.
Yes. Drone capture records the full blade surface, including the leading edge and tip, from a safe stand-off, so leading-edge erosion, lightning strike damage and surface cracking are found without a rope-access team and without stopping the turbine for as long. Where a repair needs hands-on confirmation, the imagery tells the rope team exactly where to go.
A radiometric thermal survey of a solar array finds the faults that lose energy: hot-spots, failed bypass diodes, string and module-level faults, and connection issues a visual walk-round will not catch. The output is a thermal mosaic with a rated anomaly list, so O&M effort goes where the lost generation is.
A utility-scale solar farm of tens of megawatts is typically captured in a single visit, and most wind sites within a day. Exact coverage depends on site layout, weather and the data required, which we confirm at scoping.
Yes. We deliver a finished, rated condition or thermal report, the underlying geo-located imagery and data for your own asset-management or CMMS system, or both. Capture points are repeatable, so re-surveys line up for trend monitoring across the asset life.