Solar PV Industry Inspection Methods Comparison: Aerial Thermography vs. I-V Curve Tracing

This inaugural report looks at how solar developers, builders, owners, and operators use and perceive technology & robotics on solar farms. It answers the questions: What technology & robotics are people using? What value are they getting? Does this value differ if you're an owner or an operator? As well as how the solar industry is projected to respond to several macroeconomic factors reshaping the industry today.

Raptor Maps studies the performance and risk profiles of solar assets around the world in order to distill industry trends and to highlight opportunities for the rapidly growing solar industry. This report is a summary of Raptor Maps’ research. The 2025 Global Solar Report draws upon 193 GWdc of utility-scale and commercial and industrial (C&I) solar PV analysis, with 67 GWdc of analysis in 2024 alone. In this report, you will find research into site work automation and resource deployment, anomaly and defect trends, and performance benchmarks across different markets and asset classes.

Drawing from learnings and data from over 3GW of installed autonomous docked drone capacity, this eBook provides a comprehensive summary of top use cases of autonomous drones, case studies with ROI, and the checklist for successful integration and operationalization.