On a day-to-day basis, we use small, consumer-oriented drones that are about the size of a basketball. More recently, we have introduced drones with increased range and capabilities to monitor the energy grid, including the cutting-edge FPLAir One fixed-wing drone and drone-in …

FPL uses drones in good weather and bad to assess overhead power equipment. Drones are ideally suited this work because they can safely and quickly deliver high quality photos and videos of our power lines in a way that can minimize environmental impact.

Aug 15, 2022 · Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) launched the first-ever commercial uncrewed fixed-wing drone, of this scale, used outside of a Federal Aviation Association (FAA) test site for research and development.

With our FPLAir One fixed-wing drone and drone-in-a-box technology, we conduct efficient and cost-effective assessments of the energy grid. Watch How. Why drones? With drones – a now standard industry practice – we can safely and quickly …

Aug 19, 2022 · Florida Power & Light is testing a new fixed-wing, unmanned drone that it plans to use to capture images and videos of assets to aid power restoration following a storm. Four trained pilots will...

Aug 4, 2022 · Unlike other drones in FPL’s fleet, the new fixed-wing drone can fly in more volatile conditions including tropical storm-force winds. The new drone will help the nation’s largest utility company assess damage after a storm event and restore power more quickly.

Aug 16, 2022 · FPL's new drone can help crews identify potential issues before an outage occurs and quickly provide critical information to get the lights back on following severe weather.

Aug 16, 2022 · Florida Power & Light Company has launched the first-ever commercial uncrewed fixed-wing drone of its scale used outside of a Federal Aviation Association test site for research and...

Apr 27, 2022 · Florida Power & Light (FPL), which serves more than 11 million people in Florida, is deploying autonomous drones across the state to monitor substations and power distribution grids.

Apr 26, 2022 · FPL's long-term plan is to introduce hundreds of Percepto drones to monitor the utility's distribution substations over approximately the next five years. The drone-in-a-box solution was the...