Solar farms from space: dust and soiling
Dust and sand on solar farms from space, each month.
What it does
Every month: the latest satellite picture of each solar farm in your table, with a note by xMap AI on dust, sand and vegetation, so cleaning crews go where output is lost.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, take your table, get satellite pictures, write a summary of each with xMap AI, then email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Dirty panels lose output every day. Pictures from above send crews where it matters.
Who it is for
Energy, EV & utilities. Fuel retailers, EV charging networks, solar companies and utilities planning sites and serving customers. Every use case for energy & ev
Best use cases
- A solar farm operator
- A panel cleaning company
- A renewables asset manager
What each run gives you
- An email
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 60 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 1 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 5 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Our solar farmsYour data · My dataBrings in a table you uploaded or a list you saved on the My data page: your stores, customers, target accounts or sites.
- Latest picture of each farmxMap data · Satellite imagesRecent satellite pictures (Sentinel-2, about 10 m per pixel, a new pass every few days) of each incoming place, a point or the Area of interest: when it was taken, how cloudy, and the picture itself.
- Read the picture with xMap AIxMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Satellite images: The latest clear picture of each site.
- Your own tables and lists (My data): Upload a CSV, save lists of results, and use them in flows.
- How to score candidate store sites: Compare sites on residents, competitors and neighbours, with an AI score and a reason.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Site selection: Choosing where to open a store, branch, clinic or facility.
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