BladeRanger specializes in autonomous robotic systems for the cleaning and inspection of solar panels. Their solutions aim to enhance the efficiency and productivity of solar energy installations by integrating AI-based monitoring, performance diagnostics, and automated reporting into solar operations and maintenance workflows.
Their flagship product, PLECO, is an autonomous, water-free, lightweight cleaning robot designed for commercial and industrial rooftop solar installations. PLECO is equipped with advanced technology and innovative features, enabling efficient cleaning without the need for manual intervention.
In addition to PLECO, BladeRanger offers DeepSolar, a software platform that provides analytics and monitoring for utility-scale solar sites. DeepSolar helps identify performance issues with diagnostic checks of photovoltaic assets and assists in systematically recording downtime events, detecting previously invisible performance issues.
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Solar energy is the third largest renewable energy technology and thus represents one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels, and yet about 5% of all solar energy produced goes to waste. Bladeranger's autonomous solar panel cleaning drone and its DeepSolar software help to improve the energy efficiency of solar panels by combating the issues that cause the 5% loss of solar energy, namely dirt and dust reducing energy production, a lack of real-time monitoring and analysis, and poor investment decision processes (poor IRR/ROI). Bladeranger's technology can help to increase daily panel coverage (kW) by around 30% and has no need for a water supply, helping the solar industry to generate cleaner and more sustainable solar energy.