Tag: wind
UAVs for Wind Turbine Inspections to be a $6B Market by 2024: Report
Cumulative global revenue for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales and inspection services for wind turbines is expected to reach nearly $6 billion by 2024,...
UAV Operator Discovers Man Relaxing on Top of Wind Turbine
While using his unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to collect footage of a wind turbine in Rhode Island, a man ended up discovering someone nonchalantly...
Ventus Wind, Texas Aerial Solutions Form Global Drone Inspections Company
Ventus Wind has merged with Texas Aerial Solutions - a supplier of drone video and inspection services for the oil and gas, land development,...
College’s Wind Energy Program Integrates UAV Training
The Wind Energy Department of Cloud County Community College (CCCC) recently held a two-day, 12-hour 'Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Community Enrichment' class...
SkySpecs Teams with Wind Company for UAV Inspections
San Diego-based UpWind Solutions Inc., an operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider for the North American wind energy industry, has partnered with unmanned aerial...
Drones Offer Safe, Efficient Style of Wind Turbine Inspections
Inspecting wind turbines is often a potentially dangerous task. However, thanks to the increasingly widespread prevalence of unmanned technology, it does not always have...
Firm Uses UAVs for Marketing Iberdrola Wind Farm
Calypso Communications, a public relations, marketing and creative design firm, has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide communications services for renewable energy company...
San Diego Wind Tunnel Provides Testing Air for UAVs
A San Diego facility is allowing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators to test out their aircraft in different - and sometimes extreme - conditions...
Drones May Become Useful Inspectors of Wind Turbines
A solar installation company in Vegas recently said it would begin sending up unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform inspections and assess rooftop spaces...
