Tag: O&M
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Take a Heat Peek: Leveraging the power of drones and thermal imaging for solar inspections
Thanks to continued improvements in thermal imaging hardware, software and drone technology, it is now possible to improve the efficiency and accuracy of photovoltaic (PV) inspections more than ever. The current practice of manual electric testing is not sustainable at scale and results in slower PV system buildouts, increased inefficienciesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Dust magnets meet electrodynamics: Why the future of solar PV panel cleaning could be EDS film
The operation and maintenance (O&M) of solar plants presents a variety of long-term challenges. Even if we assume reliable inverters, modules with minimal degradation and perfect monitoring and prediction systems, the earth will still be covered in dust and debris and modules and collectors will need to be cleaned. HereRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SenseHawk says it benchmarked the condition of this 780-MW solar site in record time (less than three weeks)
SenseHawk, a leader in AI-powered software for the entire solar lifecycle, benchmarked the condition of 2.5 million solar modules at one of the world’s largest solar sites, the Kamuthi Solar Power Project in India, with its drones and cloud-based software in less than three weeks, which the company says isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Terabase Energy launches to cut solar project soft costs for EPCs by 25 percent
At Solar Power International in Salt Lake City this year, Terabase Energy a new solar technology company led by CEO Matt Campbell and a team of long-time solar industry executives (many from SunPower), unveiled its Terabase Platform aimed at dramatically reducing solar project development and deployment costs and timelines. “WeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Terabase Energy launches to cut solar project soft costs for EPCs by 25 percent
At Solar Power International in Salt Lake City this year, Terabase Energy a new solar technology company led by CEO Matt Campbell and a team of long-time solar industry executives (many from SunPower), unveiled its Terabase Platform aimed at dramatically reducing solar project development and deployment costs and timelines. “WeRead More — Solar Builder magazine