Wind turbine inspection with drone: Advantages and disadvantages

The facilities on wind energy generation are increasingly finding usage areas in line with the ecologically friendly approach. One of important activities power facilities, which have high investment cost, low operating cost and environmental impact is maintenance repair turbines. A preventive approach dominant to reduce times eliminate lost time Damage inspection turbines has been evolved from tower crane access, rope camera viewing, other applications image manual drones over years. However, when these methods evaluated within framework criteria such as performance, occupational safety data reliability, they still insufficient need for autonomous arises. advantages disadvantages used determination damage analyzed results considered contribute practitioners sector academicians working field.