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Black Swift Unveils Aerial System for Turbine Inspection
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, Colo., says the Black Swift E2 UAS, an American-made, advanced unmanned aerial system...
SkySpecs Drones Inspect 1,500 Wind Blades In One Month
SkySpecs, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of wind turbine inspections using drones, is touting a new company record for the number of turbine inspections...
SgurrEnergy Brings In UAVs For Inspections, Asset Management
Scotland-based renewables consultancy SgurrEnergy - part of the clean energy business of Wood Group, an oil and gas services company - has brought unmanned...
Siemens Wind Power Teams With Drone Inspections Company
Siemens is collaborating with unmanned inspections company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for both onshore and offshore wind turbine inspections.
The goal of the...
New Rugged DJI Drone Suited For Industrial Inspections, Including Wind
China-based drone technology company DJI has introduced the new Matrice 200 drone series (M200), which the company has designed for enterprise solutions – e.g.,...
AES Announces Big Expansion Of Drone Infrastructure Inspections
Drone as a Service operator Measure has announced a new strategic partnership with The AES Corp., which will be using Measure’s services to remotely...
Drone Inspections Company Marks Notable Success In Wind
Citing increased demand from both domestic and international markets, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspections company Cyberhawk Innovations is reporting 12 months of success within...
Energy Company Seeks Drones, Robotics For Inspections
The AES Corp. is launching an open innovation contest targeted at improving the safety and increasing the availability of power plants through unmanned inspections...
Bird-Scouting Drone Helps DONG Energy Plan Offshore Development
A drone has been used in a successful trial to count cliff-nesting seabirds at a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reserve...
Nordex Turns To Aviation Giant To Bring Drones To Wind
The Nordex Group has formed a partnership with Lufthansa Aerial Services (LAS) for unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-supported inspections of wind turbines.
According to Nordex, an...
Emerging UAS Industry To Help Young U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Forge Ahead
In addition to operations and maintenance and pre-construction surveying, drones can be used to help detect listed species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, around offshore wind sites.
With New Funding, Drone Company PRENAV Set To Transform Turbine Inspections
San Carlos, Calif.-based PRENAV has raised $6.5 million in seed financing from investor Crosslink Capital, along with Haystack, Liquid 2 Ventures and WI Harper...
Michigan Drone Company Wins DOE Grant For Turbine Inspection Work
SkySpecs, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of autonomous drones for the inspection of wind turbines, has received a small-business voucher (SBV) from the U.S....
HUVRdata, EdgeData Team Up For Unmanned Turbine Inspections
Austin, Texas-based HUVRdata and Grand Forks, N.D.-based EdgeData are collaborating on drone-based aerial inspection services for the wind power industry.
The partnership will leverage HUVRdata’s...
Dogger Bank Offshore Project Gets O&M Boost From Drones
Scotland-based Cyberhawk Innovations, a provider of drone-based inspections and surveys, has completed an operations and maintenance (O&M) inspection project for Forewind’s Dogger Bank offshore...
Vestas Chooses InspecTools For Drone Inspections In North America
Santa Cruz, Calif.-based InspecTools Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with Vestas in which they will work together to deploy drone-based inspections of wind...
Drone Offers Glimpse Of Turbine Construction At Nova Scotia Wind Farm
Atlantic AerialworX, a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company based in Nova Scotia, has used a drone to show the construction process of a...
Westar Energy Secures Contract For Turbine Inspections Via Drone
International aerospace company Strat Aero PLC says it has been awarded a contract with Kansas-based utility Westar Energy to provide wind turbine inspection services...