We publish prices because we want you to know if we fit your budget before you spend an hour on a demo. Every other inspection platform hides this behind "contact sales" — we won't.
A human-verified list of warm modules in the flown area: each finding with its temperature difference and stated uncertainty, paired thermal and visible crops, a GPS marker inside a stated ±15 m disc, a map, a spreadsheet, and a statement of what was not screened. Where your DC schedule is on file, each finding names its circuit.
This is a triage list, not a census. It does not count modules, estimate lost production, or inspect areas outside the flown footprint. It is what you send a crew out with between full inspections.
Example: a 100 MW scan is $6,000; a single 4 MW block is the$2,800 minimum. The minimum applies to anything under about 47 MW flown. MW here is the rated capacity of the panels in the flown blocks (modules × module watts), the basis the industry prices on.
| Capacity band | Rate on MW in that band |
|---|---|
| First 10 MW | $160 / MW |
| Next 10 – 50 | $100 / MW |
| Next 50 – 100 | $70 / MW |
| Next 100 – 250 | $45 / MW |
| Above 250 MW | $60 / MW |
Rates are marginal — each applies only to the MW inside its own band, so a larger site is never charged the first-band rate on all of it. Big sites still get the volume discount on what they pay per MW all-in, because flight-day and analysis cost is mostly fixed; the above-250 rate is held at the screening rate so a full inspection is never priced below a screening scan of the same site. Minimum $2,800 per inspection. Dashboard, audit log, multi-tenant isolation, daily backups, and support included. No setup fee. No demo gate.
Plane-of-array irradiance is measured on site with a calibrated handheld pyranometer on every flight — not modelled, not pulled from satellite — and a flight that misses the IEC TS 62446-3 §6.2 conditions floor does not become a report. Included at no charge.
Commissioning & acceptance inspections are flown to IEC-grade ground sample distance and carry a signed conditions and conformance statement: the instrument and its calibration certificate, readings taken during the capture window, and an explicit disclosure of anything not conforming. Priced at the rates above with a 21% uplift on the per-MW component — the measured flight-time cost of the tighter capture — plus $450 for the conformance package.
Example
50 MW portfolio · 2 flights / year
$13,900 / year
(50 × $6) + 2 × ($1,200 + 10 × $160 + 40 × $100)
Includes NERC CIP asset classification, audit log with 90-day retention, dashboard, support. Compliance services (CIP audit-prep workflows) billed separately by scope.
Example
4 substations flown / year
$16,400 / year
($2,400 + 4 × $3,500)
Solar (5 MW+) or substation (any size) inspection. We fly your site, deliver the report, walk you through the findings on a call. No subscription required to claim it. No card on file.
We can't do every site for free — the qualification gate is a quick conversation to confirm capacity, location, and vertical. Message us with your site details.
Request free first inspectionDashboard, audit log, multi-tenant isolation, daily backups, support. No per-seat charges. No per-report fees.
We do. Terranova's Part 107 crew flies your site with our operator app and delivers ranked findings and reports to your portal. Raw imagery is processed on-site; only findings and reports reach the cloud. You never operate anything.
Yes. Inspections are billed as they happen, not pre-paid. The $/inspection rate is the same whether you fly once or ten times.
No. The platform fee is annual; renew or cancel each year. If you want a multi-year discount, ask the founder.