Managing more solar with less resources

Can you tell us a few words about the company?

Raptor Maps’ platform enables more than 400 customers to scale and streamline their solar operations, allowing for customers to manage more solar with less resources. Our platform collects, aggregates, and analyzes data from disparate sources (including technicians, robotics, and sensors) into a clean, standardized data model. With the data model delivered as geospatial digital twins of each solar farm, customers can easily trigger actions, whether through robotics or humans, to investigate or address performance, safety, and other operational issues that the Raptor Maps platform detects.

What happened over the last two years?

As the solar industry has expanded very quickly around the world, Raptor Maps has continued to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology to allow for solar companies to do more with less. In particular, our software platform enables the operation of autonomous robotics to navigate the solar farm and collect data, which is then uploaded and processed by our analytics engine. Our use cases for the technology has expanded beyond aerial thermography, providing our customers with a wide range of important analytics to increase power production, reduce labor costs, and improve safety.

You were already present at Viva Technology in 2022. What were the positive impacts of your presence on ENGIE's stand?

Attending Viva Technology alongside ENGIE gave us the opportunity to meet the brightest global minds in technological innovation. Viva Technology in 2022 was very inspiring and confirmed that our global mission is the right one - we are building the digital foundation through which the solar industry around the world can operate efficiently and safely.

What will you present this year?

At the conference, Raptor Maps will showcase our Digital Twin platform for solar operations. This innovative platform facilitates the deployment of robotics and localized artificial intelligence solutions on a large scale. By leveraging the combined strengths of humans and robots, we provide actionable insights that enhance the performance, safety, and efficiency of solar projects. 

What innovation throughout history seems most important to you?

Ancient Mesopotamians invented banking more than 5,000 years ago by recording quantities in rows and columns on clay tablets. This was the first system of record in history, an invention that paved the way for the motions of modern software. At Raptor Maps, we are building a system of record to store all of the solar industry’s data. 

What are your next challenges?

Our customers say that their biggest challenges revolve around rising expenses, such as with labor. Raptor Maps is focused on delivering software solutions to meet those challenges. We are continuing to invest in enabling robotics and artificial intelligence solutions to improve efficiency and meet the needs in the industry as it continues to grow rapidly.