Georgia, United States
Pinecrest Switchyard
Switchyard for a 200 MW solar plant. Four hot connections, all on the collector side.
3
ha
Area covered
15
min
Flight time
4
flagged
Anomalies found
82
°C
Hottest reading
Findings
Collector feeder 3 termination at 81.7 °C
Three bolted connections 10–15 K above ambient
Transformer oil level gauge reads low
Debrief
Flown on the same day as the plant’s module survey, so one report covers the plant from panel to point of interconnection.
Findings were split between the plant’s O&M contractor and the utility by ownership boundary.
One flight day, two owners, two clean work-order queues.
Marcus Bell, plant manager
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