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Drone Energy Inspection Optimise efficiency and safety of your energy operation by carrying out regular drone energy inspections

Energy Inspections with minimal downtime

From offshore platforms to wind farms and power lines, energy infrastructure needs regular inspections. Drones offer a safer and more efficient way to carry out these inspections — especially in hard-to-reach or hazardous areas. With high-resolution imagery and data capture, drones help identify potential issues early, reduce downtime, and cut the need for manual checks.

Whether it's routine maintenance or a specific survey, drone inspections are a smart, practical tool for today's energy sector.

Locate IrregularitiesGreater DetailDetect EncroachmentPrecise Analysis

Locate Irregularities

Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras allow you to accurately assess the condition of a energy asset. Infrared photographs can be used to detect extreme temperature differences that can locate otherwise unseen issues, such as concealed moisture damage and heat leakage.

A thermal image of solar panels on a solar farm

Greater Detail

In comparison to traditional inspections, drones provide a higher degree of detail. High-definition cameras and cutting-edge zoom lenses pick up the tiny details that may otherwise go unnoticed, such as missing connections, rust, or damaged insulators, while at the same time keeping personnel safe and on the ground.

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Detect Encroachment

Using LIDAR technology, while producing a digital twin, allows us to easily identify objects that lie less than a set distance away from your energy asset. This gives you a clear reading on vegetation, or other unexpected foreign objects, that might be encroaching or coming in contact with your asset.

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Precise Engineering Analysis

The unlimited angles and crystal-clear imagery offered by drones allows you to instantly analyse tiny details across a large scale. And, gives you pinpoint accuracy when taking stockpile, distance, and volume measurements.

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Why use a drone for your energy inspection?

Safety

The safety of your personnel and our own is paramount, and we place it at the forefront of our company culture. Ask us about our HSSE systems and practices.

No downtime

Downtime is expensive and inconvenient. Using a drone, our engineers can conduct a thorough survey with little to no downtime.

No scaffolding or ropes

Drone technology is cheaper, safer and more reliable than traditional methods such as scaffolding, cherry-pickers and ropes. It's also quicker and less labour-intensive. We will bring everything we need and be out of your way that same day.

No risk to your assets

Our equipment won't touch or even go close to your assets. Our high-resolution cameras use optical zoom to give extreme close-up views while staying a safe distance away.

Detect hidden problems

We use cutting-edge technologies to detect problems that would otherwise be invisible. These include 4K ultra-HD photography/video, LIDAR and thermal imaging.

Hard-to-reach spaces

Drones aren't just for flying up in the sky. Our specialist drones can fly into confined spaces like chimneys and boilers to look for issues that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Quick turnaround

We understand that you need answers fast. We can deliver a plain-English report with clear-cut conclusions in days. Then, you can take the steps you need to and get back to doing what you do best.

Rapid response

Need us there in a hurry? No problem. Let us know what you need, and we can be there on the same day. After all, sometimes the problem just won't wait.

Locate Malfunctions and Inefficiencies Faster

Drone surveys are a practical alternative to traditional inspections. They cut out the need for rope access, reduce paperwork, and avoid shutting down your site.

Drones can access hard-to-reach areas safely and quickly, capturing clear data from above. This makes it easier to spot faults early — before they become costly problems.

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Get closer without risk  or delay

A solution for every situation

Inspections in the energy sector sometimes need to be carried out underwater and in confined spaces. Engineer With Drones offers a solution for these inspections with underwater drones and special equipment and can also reach offshore platforms.

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Energy sectors we cover:

  • Solar panel inspection
  • Power grid inspection
  • Cell tower inspection
  • Oil & gas
  • Wind turbines
  • Thermal imaging
  • Flare tip inspection

Our Services Not just photos from the sky

Our drones (and our people) can offer a lot more than just HD images. Our team all come from specialist engineering backgrounds, and they use all the very latest drone technologies and capabilities to deliver expert analysis on all types of commercial, civil and industrial assets. If you need an engineer's expertise, next-generation drone technology and industry-leading deliverables, then you've come to the right place.

Drone Photography

Capture high-quality imagery of your assets from never before seen vantage points.

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Thermal Imaging

Detect abnormalities within your assets that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye.

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3D LIDAR Surveys

Record incredibly detailed elevation data to aid in ultra-precise measurements and calculations.

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Photogrammetry

Capture a high-resolution, photorealistic 3D model of your terrain, accurate to the finest details.

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Internal Confined Spaces

Mitigate the risk factors of traditional confined space inspections, without compromising on quality.

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Detailed, actionable reports

Using state-of-the-art technology, we can find and highlight issues that are hard to find or even invisible to the naked eye. This saves further time in the repair or replacement of energy asset components. Tradespeople and other personnel on-site can be directed to areas of concern with pinpoint accuracy and with all the information they need. These reports can also be shared digitally with anyone else that may need to examine them. For example, with stakeholders and insurance companies.

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