TECNOLOGÍA DRON APLICADA A LA GESTIÓN DE LAS PLANTAS SOLARES FOTOVOLTAICAS PARA OPTIMIZAR EL PROYECTO

Abstract

One of the main challenges facing photovoltaic power plants today is to obtain high profitability to compete with sources of fossil energy and also with other renewable sources. Drones are a new technology that is beginning to be implemented to fulfill this objective. That is why we intend to address the development of this new tool that allows, at a very low cost, to ensure that solar installations are always in top condition.

These Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are capable of photographing the ideal terrains to build photovoltaic parks on. In addition, some drones have sensors that allow the possible causes of reductions in the technical and economic performance of the facilities to be detected and classified. They can also be used to know the actual production of the plant, monitor the facilities in real time, and detect if there is any anomaly in the electricity production.

Until today, the verification of faults in the solar modules and the taking of temperatures implied a high cost in time and resources since due to the magnitude of some solar parks to carry out such checks supposes time and money. This technology is a tool that allows us to manage this problem more efficiently.