Solar Farms

Ensuring significant cost savings and asset longevity through AI fleet condition monitoring, Unleash live propels the drive toward sustainable solar energy advancement.

Collect

Get true remote operational control and accurate, repeatable data capture. Automate solar farm inspections with optimized flight paths for specific solar configurations.

Analyze

Detect 15 types of panel and component faults and overall asset condition with AI analytics. Monitor your complete asset portfolio in accordance with internal inspection and maintenance standards.

Action

High quality images and insights integrated via API with asset management, SCADA platforms and work scheduling systems.

Supporting every stage of your workflow

Readiness

  • Sourcing drone service providers

  • Pilot onboarding and training

  • Developing Standard Operating Procedures

  • Regulatory approvals

Inspection Planning

  • Ingest work orders from ERP software

  • Plan based on optimal irradiance conditions that meet collection window thresholds

  • View asset details, including last inspection

Step 2 - inspection scheduling - illustration

Mission Planning

  • Request, generate and distribute missions

  • Simulate missions for improved efficiency and safety

  • UTM support for air space clearance

  • Predefine inspection details per asset type with SmartSkills and SmartInspect

Capture and Upload

  • Automated capture for consistent, repeatable collection at scale

  • Precise capture for complete asset coverage

  • Ultra low latency live streaming for spotting critical faults

  • Reconnaissance missions to ensure optimal preparation for maintenance areas prior to work commencement

  • Upload from the field to reduce time to action

  • Geospatial layers for rapid comparison betwen inspections

AI Condition Assessment

  • Rapid AI analytics and fault detection

  • Digitizing the park/site

  • Condition monitoring for asset health tracking

  • Customizable to specific enterprise inspection and maintenance standards

  • Database provided on all faults and defects identified

Reporting

  • Distribute insights to stakeholders through digital reports, image files, PDFs and CSV (database)

  • API integration with workflow platforms such as SAP, Esri, Maximo, PowerBI, Ellipse

  • Detailed report generation aligned to specific company and site naming convention

Step 6 - flight logging - illustration

Discover more details in the Solar Solution Brief

CASE STUDY

Tilt Renewables

A leading owner and operator of solar and wind assets in Australia achieved higher energy production and implemented more effective maintenance programs, by using drone-based solar PV plants inspections. Faults and vegetation overgrowth was detected with the help of the Autofly app and thermal image AI analysis.

3X

Faster data capture and reporting

93%

Accurate fault class detection

$150 K

Identified lost revenue per farm

Unleash live achieved ISO 27001 certification
Unleash live is Energy Software Competency Partner of AWS
Unleash live is GDPR compliant

Security

Built on world leading infrastructure for secure and scalable deployment.

Ensuring compliance with data sovereignty requirements, including storing data on AWS servers in your country of operations.


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