Award Winning Drone Surveys for the wind energy sector.
We provide aerial and underwater drone survey and inspection services for Wind Farms, Wind Turbines and Offshore Wind Farms across Scotland and the North of England.
The wind energy sector is a huge part of the future of renewable energy in the UK and is continuing to grow at a rapid rate.
Yet while there is exciting growth in the industry, the existing network of land and sea based wind turbines need to be maintained. Not to mention the new ones that are being commissioned each year. To ensure that these wind turbines are running reliably and efficiently, frequent visual maintenance and inspection is required.
Our advanced commercial grade aerial drones can conduct inspections of wind turbine blades, looking for defects and damage from weather and wear. This drone survey includes a complete measurement process of each wind turbine so that this data can be correlated to the photos (pinpointing the exact sections that have damage). This data can be archived to review and compare to future data and to track damage over time (something that was until recently impossible).
With the use of drone surveys to conduct wind farm inspections, you can reduce the loss of production time. Traditional methods of inspection including rope access teams abseiling down each blade or using elevated platforms to identify and log damage on each blade has always been a slow method of inspection. With Balmore, we can perform nine blade inspections per drone flight (dependent on weather conditions and distance between each turbine). That number grows when the inspection is carried out on smaller blade wind turbines.
Aerial and Underwater Drone Inspection is becoming the default visual inspection method.
This requirement to keep land and offshore wind turbines running at 100% maximum efficiency is of vital importance to the energy sector and has, until recently been a costly and time consuming exercise.
The traditional method of close up visual inspection of wind turbine blades (for example) would usually require the turbine to be taken off-line for a prolonged period of time while experienced rope access specialists or high lift platforms were set up. They would then proceed to key points of interest on the wind turbine blade in order to study, inspect and survey each point of interest. This entire process would usually take significant time, costing the business valuable energy generating time and money while putting employees in harms way while working at height.
Drone Surveys are the future
With the use of commercial grade aerial drone surveys and underwater ROV, wind turbine inspection can now be done in a fraction of the time compared to conventional methods and with significant cost savings.
A Leading Drone Inspection Firm covering the UK
With a fleet of advanced aerial drones that feature some of the most advanced 4K high definition video camera technology, we are able to provide a comprehensive inspection and survey service for businesses in the wind energy sector. From our head office in Glasgow, we cover all of Scotland and the North of England. Our advanced aerial drones can inspect multiple turbines in one flight plan and can cover an entire wind farm plot in one day (something that can take numerous days with current inspection methods.)
Planned and Reactive Drone Surveys
Our drone survey work can be both planned and reactive for our customers. We conduct planned inspection work throughout the year so that our clients can closely monitor the condition of their assets while high winds and storm damage can require one off reactive drone inspections to be conducted to confirm any potential damage to wind turbines because if volatile weather conditions.
We are flexible in how we can offer our services and are happy to discuss your unique drone requirements and arrange for a demonstration to show you the power of drone surveys and how they can help transform your business.
Quotes & Enquiries
At Balmore, we offer the expertise of four decades in difficult access works including roofing, rope access, industrial cleaning and drone inspection services. Our one stop shop approach to inspection, repair and cleaning has grown through our desire to constantly exceed our clients expectations and offer a service that is far superior to our competitors.
Please fill in the form outlining your requirements and our contract team will be able to provide you with a bespoke quotation for your inspection, repair or cleaning needs.
