Drones in Power - Thematic Intelligence

Drones in Power - Thematic Intelligence

Summary

Drones are proving to be extremely important and beneficial in situations unsuited to human workers. The use of drones has resulted in increasing work efficiency and productivity, improving accuracy and refining services, and also resolving security issues on a large scale. The power industry is finding many uses for drones in its day-to-day activities and is overcoming many obstacles in the operation of utilities. Drones are being used for routine inspections of dangerous or hard-to-reach locations like high-voltage transmission lines and towers, substations, and distribution networks. The technology is useful in clean energy projects such as solar and wind power projects, and drone technology has become indispensable in the energy sector, expanding its footprint in the survey and mapping of projects, construction monitoring, and project progress. In this report, GlobalData highlights how drones can be beneficial to power utilities and how they will optimize efficiency and save resources.

Scope

  • The report focuses on drones in power as a theme.
  • It provides an industry analysis with respect to market size and growth forecasts for drones, and commercial drone segment.
  • The report covers patents trends in power, company filing trends, hiring trends and impact of drones on power utilities.
  • The report briefs about the growing application of drones in the power sector and benefits to power utilities.
  • It contains details of M&A deals driven by drones theme, and a timeline highlighting milestones for drones.
  • The report presents the trends related to drones as a theme in power sector, technology, macroeconomic and regulatory trends.
  • It covers primary and secondary research case studies on how power utilities are adopting the application of drones in wind, solar, transmission and distributino side.
  • The report also includes an overview of competitive positions held by leading drone companies and power utility companies adopting drone technology.
Reasons to Buy

The report provides -
  • A comprehensive analysis of the emerging market trends of drones in power sector.
  • The report gives an insight of the leading players in drone theme and where do they fit in the value chain.
  • Technology briefing on anatomy of drone, key mergers and acquisitions and significant milestones in the journey of drones.
  • Profiles of leading adopters of drone technology in power sector.
  • An overview of Power sector and consumer electronics sector scorecard predicting leading companies within each sector for drones.


  • Executive Summary
  • Players
    • Table Figure 1: Who are the leading players in the drones theme by the end-user market?
  • Technology Briefing
    • The construction and agriculture sectors will lead the commercial drones market
    • Anatomy of a drone
      • Table Figure 2: Anatomy of a conventional & quadcopter drones
    • Airframe
    • Propulsion system
      • Flight control system
      • Sensors
      • Payload
  • Trends
    • Power trends
      • Table Power trends
    • Technology trends
      • Table Technology trends
    • Macroeconomic trends
      • Table Macroeconomic trends
    • Regulatory trends
      • Table Regulatory trends
  • Industry Analysis
    • Market size and growth forecasts
      • Table Figure 3: By 2030, drones revenue will have reached $89.6 billion
      • The commercial drones segment is growing the fastest
    • Mergers and acquisitions
      • Table Mergers and acquisitions
    • Patent trends
      • Table Figure 4: The increase in patent activity is evidence of innovation
      • Patent trends in power
        • Table Figure 5: Patent activities are increasing in the power sector
    • Company filings trends
      • Table Figure 6: Companies are increasingly mentioning drones in their filings
      • Table Figure 7: Technology and aerospace and defense companies mentioned drones the most in their filings
    • Hiring trends
      • Table Figure 8: The number of active jobs increased from 2,411 in Q3 2019 to 16,178 in Q2 2022
    • Impact of drones on power utilities
      • How are drones impacting the power industry?
        • Table Figure 9: An image of a flying drone with a camera
      • Application of drones in the power sector
      • Benefits to power utilities
    • Use cases
      • Wind farms
        • Table Figure 10: Arachnocopter drone service at Iberdrola's wind farm
      • Solar site
        • Table Figure 11: Infrared image captured by drone at a solar site
      • Towering equipment
        • Table Figure 12: A towering equipment inspection in North Carolina, US
      • Power lines and wind turbines
        • Table Figure 13: Drones help in wind turbine inspection
      • Network maintenance
        • Table Figure 14: Tata Power's network maintenance by drone
      • Inspection of hard-to-access areas
        • Table Figure 15: A hydropower dam
        • Table Figure 16: An operator conducting a drone flight inside a nuclear reactor
      • Power plant boilers
        • Table Figure 17: A drone that is used in the inspection of a power plant boiler
      • Rotor blade inspection
        • Table Figure 18: A drone preparing to inspect a wind turbine blade
      • Offshore wind farm inspection
        • Table Figure 19: An example of an underwater drone for a turbine foundation inspection
      • Electric transmission operations inspection
        • Table Figure 20: Dominion Energy's drones
    • Timeline
      • Table Figure 21: The drone story
  • Value Chain
    • Table Figure 22: The drones value chain
    • Hardware
      • Airframes
        • Table Figure 23: Drones value chain - Airframes: Leaders and challengers
      • Components
        • Table Figure 24: Drones value chain - Components: Leaders and challengers
      • Semiconductors
        • Table Figure 25: Drones value chain - Semiconductors: Leaders and challengers
    • Software
      • Control
      • Mapping
      • Security
        • Table Figure 26: Drones value chain - Software: Leaders and challengers
    • Services
      • Drones as a service
      • Connectivity
      • Drone insurance services
        • Table Figure 27: Drones value chain - Services: Leaders and challengers
    • End-User
      • Consumer drones
        • Table Figure 28: Consumer drones
      • Commercial drones
        • Table Figure 29: Commercial drones
      • Military drones
        • Table Figure 30: Military drones
  • Companies
    • Power companies
      • Table Power companies
    • Drone companies
      • Table Drone companies
  • Sector Scorecard
    • Power sector scorecard
      • Who's who
        • Table Figure 31: Who does what in the power sector?
      • Thematic screen
        • Table Figure 32: Thematic screen - Power sector scorecard
      • Valuation screen
        • Table Figure 33: Valuation screen - Power sector scorecard
      • Risk screen
        • Table Figure 34: Risk screen - Power sector scorecard
    • Consumer electronics sector scorecard
      • Who's who
        • Table Figure 35: Who does what in the consumer electronics space?
      • Thematic screen
        • Table Figure 36: Thematic screen - Consumer electronics sector scorecard
      • Valuation screen
        • Table Figure 37: Valuation screen - Consumer electronics sector scorecard
      • Risk screen
        • Table Figure 38: Risk screen - Consumer electronics sector scorecard
  • Glossary
    • Table Glossary
  • Further Reading
    • GlobalData reports
      • Table Glossary
  • Our thematic research methodology
    • Table Figure 39: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard
  • About GlobalData
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