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Power losses increasing, on closer inspection

A study by Raptor Maps has shown that yield losses are increasing as anomalies in inspected PV power plants continue to go up. Eddie Obropta, the co-founder and CTO of Raptor Maps, reports that string-level anomalies are impacting power output adversely.

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pv magazine

24 Jun 2022

Image: Raptor Maps

Raptor Maps published its fourth annual report on global PV system underperformance in March. The provider of solar lifecycle management software used machine learning to analyze 2021 data from unmanned and manned aircraft inspections across 20 GW of utility and C&I systems.The proprietary dataset inspected incorporates 66 million modules in 32 countries including those from …

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