Harnessing Aerial - Drone Podcast

Drones in Solar, Aerial Thermography For PV Site Inspections & More with Austin Coffin of Raptor Maps


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Questions-

(1:11) Tell us about your background and what brought you into the drone industry?

(2:43) Tell us more about Raptor Maps solar specific drone services and the data analytics it provides?

(4:10) How has the industry-specific focused strategy helped fuel Raptor Maps growth?

(7:10): Can you talk to us about all the various types of solar companies and what the differences between them are?

(9:50) What drone services are being offered to solar EPCs, O&M, and asset management firms?

(13:30) What challenges are solar companies having when trying to create their own drone program?

(15:30) What are the pros/cons of using image & video capture to inspect solar farms? Which method does Raptor Maps use to process inspection data?

(19:54) What recommendations do you have for drone service providers interested in getting more involved in the solar industry?

(23:22) Which drones and thermal sensors work for solar inspections? What are the pros and cons of various options out there?

(29:03) Where do you see the solar industry moving and how do you see drones continuing to support the industry

(32:10) Final 3 Rapid Fire:

-Coolest place the drone industry has taken you?

-Craziest client request?

-Coolest project you have worked on?

 

What You Will Learn-

(3:00) How Raptor Maps is supporting the solar industry with its cutting edge drone analytics software

(5:25) How an industry specific focused strategy can help propel  business growth and differentiate yourself from competitors

(7:30) The differences between various kinds of solar companies, what they do, and the relationships between each of them

(10:00) The drone use cases in solar and the services drone providers can and are offering in the solar industry

(13:45) The challenges that solar companies are having when trying to implement drone technology and where opportunities lie for DSPs

(16:30) How to capture high quality infrared and visual data to inspect solar systems

(17:45) The most common types of thermal anomalies found in solar inspections that are incorrectly identified

(18:30) The pitfalls of processing solar inspection data into orthomosiacs and using it to generate inspection reports rather than image based analytics

(20:10) Why solar companies with internal drone programs still often need drone service provider support

(20:50) Tips for drone pilots and service providers to get more involved within the solar industry and find opportunities

(23:50) What thermal sensor work for solar inspections and why only certain resolution sensors work

(24:20) What lens size for thermal sensors is the best (ie 9/13/19/25/etc)

(25:25) Why software considerations are so important to establish before even doing flight planning and conducting the solar inspection

(26:45) Why a dual IR & RGB sensor is extremely beneficial for solar inspections and the pitfalls of using an infrared only sensor like the XT

(29:30) Where the solar industry moving in the future, how drones will continue to support the industry, and where opportunities can be found moving forward

(32:55) The opportunities in solar warranty claim inspections

 

 

Links Mentioned-

www.Raptormaps.com/resources

www.Raptormaps.com/contact-us

 

For more information on the podcast or this episode visit: https://skyelink.org/blog/Harnessing-Aerial-Podcast-Launch

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Harnessing Aerial - Drone PodcastBy Leo Adams, Skye Link

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