Inspect wind turbines, power lines and solar parks by drone

Drones inspect wind turbines, power lines and solar parks

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsInspecting by cameraEnergy supply

Fits: Production, engineering & maintenance · Field service & trades

Within hours, drones deliver images of rotor blades, pylons or rows of modules that would otherwise require rope access technicians, an aerial work platform or a helicopter. The AI pre-sorts thousands of images and marks the spots your inspectors should look at.

Is this for you?

  • You operate or maintain wind turbines, overhead lines or solar parks and inspect them regularly.
  • Inspectors spend a lot of time looking through images, or inspections are postponed because climbing teams are not available.
  • You have your own drone pilots or a service provider, and older inspection reports with findings.
First step today

Take five images from your last inspection whose findings are confirmed, e.g. erosion on the leading edge of a blade, lightning damage or dirty modules, with no people and no location details. Have them described with the template below and compare with the inspection report.

How to go about it

  1. Define damage types and scope of inspection
  2. Set up flight paths and cameras
  3. Collect and label images with findings
  4. Check detection and set thresholds
  5. Transfer findings to the inspection report and maintenance
  6. Evaluate detection errors after every inspection round

Templates to copy

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The complete guide

  • 6 steps explaining exactly what to do
  • 3 proven templates to copy into your own AI
  • Safe use: data, checking, deciding, informing
  • Pitfalls, effort and how to recognise success

With the training you get all 430 guides for as long as your access runs.

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EV-06 · Legal status 08.10.2026