R&D category project, coordinated by Skylife Engineering in a consortium of three associated companies and belonging to the national call for support to Innovative Business Groups (AEI) whose objective has been to analyze the different operation and maintenance procedures currently carried out in the photovoltaic sector. In this regard, the technical-economic impact of the integration of emerging technologies of Industry 4.0 to digitize and transform the operation and maintenance processes of the photovoltaic industry has been evaluated.

Due to the incorporation of new Industry 4.0 technologies, such as remote assistance, interactive guidance, geolocation, automatic image processing, data processing and monitoring of plant components, performance, quality and safety have been increased with respect to the techniques, technology and methodology currently used in the sector.

• Artificial intelligence
• Internet of things
• Telemetry
• Remote assistance
• Support for standard incident logging
• Step-by-step guidance
• Thermography
• Operator geolocation