Energy companies need to track thousands of miles of pipelines, transmission lines, tank farms, and other resources to ascertain how and when maintenance activities will need to be performed. The sheer size and the scope of managing this infrastructure mean the capacity to automate tasks associated with implementing such inspections will create incredible opportunities. That is one reason energy sectors are quickly adopting drones.

With the energy industry representing fundamentally a recession-proof market and renewable energy resources capture the rapidly increasing share of that market, possibilities for technological advancement and the adoption of drones will undoubtedly increase. By utilizing Part 107 to their benefit, Drone consultants can capitalize on these regulation changes, just as they have in other industries, for example, agriculture.

Also smaller, local drone consultants can take advantage of the upcoming boom in drones in energy/utilities. Whether this practice is associated to examining solar farms, wind farms, … Read the rest