Smarter Solar: How AI Is Transforming Plant Operations
About this episode
Rob Andrews discusses how AI and data analytics are transforming solar development and operations.
Rob Andrews, founder of Heliolytics and Engramiq, joins host Nick de Vries to explore how advanced data analytics and AI are reshaping solar development and operations. From using drones and thermography to detect faulty modules at scale to building "data-complete" digital models from project documents, Andrews explains how better data organization enables more reliable, trustworthy AI. Dives into the rise of AI agents, the importance of grounding them in real-world context, and what it will take to scale solar from hundreds to thousands of projects — without scaling complexity alongside it.
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