INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery
Photovoltaic solar plants are one of the main facilities away from urban centers for the generation of clean energy. Since its appropriate maintenance ensures its suitable operation, optimizing their maintenance tasks in a preventive way is key. This article presents a spatial data infrastructure ca...
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| author | Esteban Ruiz de Oña María Sánchez-Aparicio Susana Del Pozo Diego González-Aguilera |
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| description | Photovoltaic solar plants are one of the main facilities away from urban centers for the generation of clean energy. Since its appropriate maintenance ensures its suitable operation, optimizing their maintenance tasks in a preventive way is key. This article presents a spatial data infrastructure called INSPECTORMAP that, based on the analysis of free satellite images within the optical spectrum, can detect unusual vegetation and bodies of water in the vicinity of photovoltaic plants that can affect their correct operation. Thanks to the implementation of a monitoring and alert system, it is possible to know and map the status of the photovoltaic plant in terms of unusual coverages appearing, both natural and artificial, at any moment. Thus, maintenance workers would travel to the solar plant to carry out their maintenance tasks in this regard only when the system detects a risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b131c76231a46a9917508ee4079cab92023-11-23T11:07:10ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-12-011217010.3390/app12010070INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite ImageryEsteban Ruiz de Oña0María Sánchez-Aparicio1Susana Del Pozo2Diego González-Aguilera3Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, 05003 Ávila, SpainDepartment of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, 05003 Ávila, SpainDepartment of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, 05003 Ávila, SpainDepartment of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, 05003 Ávila, SpainPhotovoltaic solar plants are one of the main facilities away from urban centers for the generation of clean energy. Since its appropriate maintenance ensures its suitable operation, optimizing their maintenance tasks in a preventive way is key. This article presents a spatial data infrastructure called INSPECTORMAP that, based on the analysis of free satellite images within the optical spectrum, can detect unusual vegetation and bodies of water in the vicinity of photovoltaic plants that can affect their correct operation. Thanks to the implementation of a monitoring and alert system, it is possible to know and map the status of the photovoltaic plant in terms of unusual coverages appearing, both natural and artificial, at any moment. Thus, maintenance workers would travel to the solar plant to carry out their maintenance tasks in this regard only when the system detects a risk.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/70spatial data infrastructurelandsat-8sentinel-2risksunattended maintenancesolar plants |
| spellingShingle | Esteban Ruiz de Oña María Sánchez-Aparicio Susana Del Pozo Diego González-Aguilera INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery Applied Sciences spatial data infrastructure landsat-8 sentinel-2 risks unattended maintenance solar plants |
| title | INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery |
| title_full | INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery |
| title_fullStr | INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery |
| title_full_unstemmed | INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery |
| title_short | INSPECTORMAP: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Applied to the Maintenance of Solar Plants Using Free Satellite Imagery |
| title_sort | inspectormap a spatial data infrastructure applied to the maintenance of solar plants using free satellite imagery |
| topic | spatial data infrastructure landsat-8 sentinel-2 risks unattended maintenance solar plants |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/1/70 |
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