Success Story—Drones Help Solar Site Design Take Flight

Renewable Energy World: With the help of the SunShot Initiative, SunPower is utilizing robots and high-flying drones to improve the development, construction, and operation of large-scale solar energy systems. Because large-scale systems encounter a unique set of siting challenges, the resulting inefficiencies can persist throughout the construction and project management phases of a project and cause costly delays that impact overall system value.

As a part of its SunShot Technology to Market award, SunPower developed technology critical to the launch of the SunPower Oasis GEO (global energy optimization) system, a key component of the SunPower Oasis platform that uses a combination of drone imagery and advanced software to speed the development of large-scale solar projects.

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