Aerial monitoring of wind turbines

Should offshore wind turbines be monitored?

In order to change the energy supply structure of traditional thermal power generation with excessive carbon emissions, more and more offshore wind turbines are being installed and put into operation worldwide. However, the dynamic monitoring of offshore wind turbines is still an emerging problem to be solved at a global scale.

How are drones used to inspect offshore wind turbines?

For the inspection of offshore wind turbines, the drones are often transported in a vessel (e.g., a boat or a helicopter) to the offshore wind farm and then they are flied to the top of wind turbines via a remote control.

Can machine learning be used to detect offshore wind turbines?

However, the dynamic monitoring of offshore wind turbines is still an emerging problem to be solved at a global scale. This paper proposes an effective approach for dynamic detection of offshore wind turbines by machine learning from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 satellite data.

Can global dynamic detection of offshore wind turbines be used?

From a large number of experimental results, it is shown that the proposed approach has the advantages of large scale monitoring and high precision, and can be used for global dynamic detection of offshore wind turbines. 1. Introduction

Which method is used to detect offshore wind turbines?

The method proposed in this study and its processing flow are given in Fig. 2. The proposed approach includes data pre-processing, spatial machine learning method modeling, dynamic change detection of offshore wind turbines, and specific application examples in the Yellow Sea of China and the North Sea of Europe.

Can remote sensing detect offshore wind turbines?

For potential global monitoring, remote sensing technology is being developed to detect offshore wind turbines. Optical satellite data have uniform quality and global coverage and are therefore used to assess the global distribution of offshore platforms.