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Drones or measurements?

Project owners need to make choices in terms of plant monitoring equipment. That can be electrical metrology equipment, but could also include new approaches such as using drones and machine-learning algorithms, or both.

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Marian Willuhn

04 May 2021

By using drones to take the thermography images Ingeteam could speed up the process of taking the images in the first place. Until now, such images still need to be analysed by human operators. With the help of algorithms and SCADA data this should be automated in the near future. | Image: Ingeteam

Plant owners need to invest in recombiner monitoring equipment or pay more for maintenance in the long run. The string-level monitoring sensors are placed right into the combiner boxes across the array, as pictured here. Drones and artificial intelligence have caught the attention of businesses and customers across many industries. In Spain, Ingeteam’s service division …

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