• With the acquisition of 19% of Sundrone Srl, Softeco rises to 59% of the share capital of the startup, active in the thermographic and visual analysis of industrial scale solar plant
  • Sundrone uses the innovative automated solution PV Inspector, developed by Softeco, which allows reliabler and faster analysis and the production of digital data fof the inspections or imaging analysis
  • For the TerniEnergia Group this is a new opportunity to increase the efficiency of the O&M and asset management activities, which involves 283 MW of solar energy production plants, both for its own and for third parties also at international level

 

TerniEnergia, smart company listed on MTA of Borsa Italiana and part of the Italeaf Group, announces that Softeco, the Group’s digital company, has completed the acquisition of 19% of the share capital of the startup Sundrone Srl, active in the hi-tech field of thermographic and visual inspections of industrial scale photovoltaic plants with the use of unmanned aerial systems (drones). Softeco, which already held 40% of the company’s shares, thus rises to 59% of the share capital, acquiring the company control.

Through this extraordinary transaction, the digital company brings to the TerniEnergia Group a significant technological opportunity, represented by the possibility of using the proprietary PV Inspector technology, developed by Softeco and used exclusively by Sundrone, for operation and maintenance and asset management activities involving 283 MW of solar energy production plants, both for its own and for third parties, also at an international level. PV Inspector is a fully automated imaging analysis solution for multispectral thermographies and visual inspections, which faster and reliabler acquisition of digital data for the prevention and detection of failures and malfunctions of photovoltaic plants.

For Softeco this is an important opportunity to increase its technological specialization in the field of smart asset management.