Autonomous inspections and
monitoring for solar energy

Typically located in remote, unmanned sites and spread over large geographic areas,
solar farms face serious production, operational, and security challenges.

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Solar Innovation

Solar energy has gained global recognition as one of the most important renewable energy sources, and as a result, solar farms are constantly being built around the world.

Autonomous robots managed by Percepto AIM facilitate continuous, persistent and automatic oversight of the full range of solar park operations – even hard-to-reach or remote areas in unmanned facilities.

This enables the solar farms to increase efficiency by reducing solar farm costs, enhancing safety and optimizing solar farms operation and maintenance (O&M).

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To learn more about how our autonomous drone systems are improving ROI for sites worldwide, read our Autonomous Drones for Efficient and Secure Solar Energy Production overview.

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Real world solar site benefits

90%

site inspection
time savings

$670K

annual O&M
cost savings

1100mWh

added annual
production

1400

additional homes
powered per year

based on actual data for a 50MW solar farm

Key Use Cases

Safe, continuous, efficient site construction

Drive CAPEX savings, enable safer and more efficient construction, and facilitate site delivery.

Warranty enforcement

Confirm panel integrity and mitigate risks of undetected faulty equipment.

Continuous monitoring of site productivity

Better maintenance and fault detection at a lower cost — reducing overall site OPEX, solar O&M and turbocharging ROI.

Improve response through integration with SCADA and smart metering solutions

Seamless integration with already existing systems to detect flaws in operations and safety.

Augment site security and safety

Provide threat assessment via dynamic video stream, schedule automatic security patrols, and trigger intruder alert and deterrence.

Heighten weather and environmental awareness

Early detection of weather conditions and eliminate the risk of wildlife damage to production by nonlethally deterring wildlife.

Facilitate event response

Enhanced event detection with smart response using real-time machine vision and AI.

Provide intelligence and customized reports

A centralized cloud-based archive of mission data that is accessible to all stakeholders.

Our Technology

Percepto’s solar farm solution consists of one or more autonomous robots managed by Percepto AIM deployed across a site, with a sophisticated cloud backend for AI-powered site inspections, monitoring, surveillance, and visual data collection and management.

Integrated Autonomous Robots

Fully automate site inspections and monitoring and collect high-quality data at the push of a button. State of the art, autonomous robots equipped with PerceptoCore software and payload for end-to-end visual data collection.

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Percepto AIM

Gain insights into your site from anywhere in the world, all in one place with Percepto’s autonomous inspection and monitoring software. Receive alerts and access reports, maps and models to easily spot site trends and gain situation awareness.

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As experts in industrial site automation, Percepto enables solar farm operators to:

Enhance

Increase productivity and efficiency by conducting continuous and persistent inspection.

Save

Save time and money by using an autonomous system that helps optimize resources.

Protect

Reduce employee risk in inspections of remote infrastructure.  

Secure

Enhance solar farm perimeter security and provide protection against theft and vandalism.

Autonomous Drones for Efficient Solar Energy Production

To learn more about how our autonomous drone systems help innovative solar farms improve ROI for sites worldwide, view our in-depth report on Autonomous Drones for Efficient and Secure Solar Energy Production.

Percepto’s value to solar farm operations is more than just our technology.

It’s our experience successfully deploying autonomous solar farm drone systems globally in varied regulatory environments. Our turnkey processes ensure organizations succeed on site and at scale.

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