Fast. Accurate. Actionable.
Detailed solar PV inspections, reports and analytics from the global market leader in aerial thermography. Our inspection solution processes thermal images taken of PV systems and identifies, classifies, and prioritizes 100% of all anomalies, mapped to a digital twin of your solar site. All anomalies have an exact location for efficient remediation, enabling PV systems across the world to maximize productivity.
Easily Begin Now
Step 1
Aerial Inspection of The PV System
Perform an in-house aerial inspection or choose Raptor Maps’ Inspection Data Capture Service
Step 2
We Detect The Anomalies
The data is run through our industry-leading software to uncover system anomalies
Step 3
Issues Are Localized and Prioritized
Issues are tagged, geo-referenced, and QA reviewed for efficient remediation
The Result
Receive An In-depth Report
Discover the causes of the system’s production loss in your Raptor Maps account
Available Levels of Inspection
Raptor Maps offers three levels of inspection. These differ in flight altitude, data capture time, level of analysis and level of detail.
Summary: Standard level aerial inspections balance altitude, speed, and granular site data. The level of detail in the collected data provides teams an understanding of the performance of 100% of the PV system modules.
Solution Available Through:
Inspection Data Capture Services
Use our global network of experienced drone service providers to perform your solar PV inspection in any location. We coordinate local pilots, capture and analyze data and provide insights organized in a detailed report.
Fly Your PV System Yourself
We provide software for drone and plane inspection programs. Fly yourself and let us handle the rest. You’ll receive insights on the health of your PV system in a report that will integrate with your existing workflow.
Get Industry-Leading Inspection Reports
With Raptor Solar, our subscription solution, you get inspection reports and analytics from the market leader in aerial thermography. Raptor inspections are input agnostic — drones, planes or sensors — yours or ours. Access industry-leading training to ensure your data collection meets specifications. Each solar anomaly is identified, classified, localized and prioritized. Raptor Solar can even digitize, standardize and store historical third party reports. Compare to each other or to your Raptor reports for degradation measurements and a holistic view of your assets.
Easily Integrates into Any Workflow
We work seamlessly with asset owners, EPCs, asset management and O&M teams who use drones or planes for solar PV inspections, monitoring and management.
Asset Owners
Ensure accurate asset commissioning:
- Use our Inspection Data Capture Services or our software solution for commissioning reports.
- Have confidence that the solar site is in working condition and producing energy.
- Confirm equipment is installed correctly.
EPCs
Ensure accurate asset commissioning:
- Use our Inspection Data Capture Services or our software solution for commissioning reports.
- Have confidence that the solar site is in working condition and producing energy.
- Confirm equipment is installed correctly.
Engineering Firms
Ensure accurate asset commissioning:
- Use our Inspection Data Capture Services or our software solution for commissioning reports.
- Have confidence that the solar site is in working condition and producing energy.
- Confirm equipment is installed correctly.
OEMs
Support your operation and warranty claims:
- Detailed and accurate analysis safeguards from faulty warranty claims.
- Use aerial inspections for a more efficient analysis of suspected malfunctioning equipment.
O&M and Asset Management
Do more with less and be highly efficient:
- Improve worker safety.
- Reduce time in the field.
- Gain insight down to the cell level.
- Localization of anomalies in digitized solar site.
- Optimize workflow and system performance.
- Detailed classification of anomalies.
- Reduce labor costs by more effectively deploying technicians and allocating recourses.
Drone Service Providers
Provide expert solar deliverables to your clients:
- Spend more time performing inspections.
- Eliminate manual image review.
- Get solar specific analysis on aerial data.
- Focus on flying the drone and we handle the rest.
- All deliverables are editable to maintain brand identity.
Actionable Reports Enable Results
The Raptor Maps Solar Asset Inspection tool delivers analytics and easy-to-use reports that enable increased power production, reduced risks, and lower operating costs over time. Our robust software converts aerial inspection imagery into detailed analytics on the condition of PV plants to manage asset condition and help complete work orders.
The report is editable and can be viewed on your Raptor Maps account. You’ll receive:
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A Raptor Maps’ software account for your organization.
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Each PV plant in your portfolio with a report portal for each inspection.
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A digitized and geo-referenced PV plant, with every module, individually addressed and assigned to a string and combiner.
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An exportable .PDF report document per plant inspection containing all analytics, findings tables, and image associated with each anomaly.
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An exportable .KML report file for field use.
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An exportable .CSV and .SHP report file for office and field use.
Raptor Maps' software has a 99% accuracy rate in anomaly detection.
Aerial Thermography vs I-V Curve Tracing
Check out our report comparing the two leading solar PV system inspection methods: aerial thermography and I-V curve tracing. We break down the techniques, pros and cons of inspections and analysis using the two methods.
New Release: 2023 Global Solar Report
Check out our fifth annual report on PV system underperformance. Discover which anomalies impact power and revenue the most. The insights are pulled from over 24 GW of solar PV data, spanning 48 countries. Download the report below.
