Drone inspections built for Renewable Energy.
DutchInspect BV is headquartered in Europe and delivers worldwide drone inspection services, including offshore operations — autonomous wind turbine blade inspections, thermographic solar park audits, and centimetre-accurate volumetric 3D surveys, wherever the asset is.
DutchInspect BV is focused on the three disciplines that matter most to Renewable Energy operators — autonomous wind turbine blade inspections, thermographic solar park audits, and volumetric 3D surveys — delivered worldwide from our European base, including offshore operations.
Panel-level thermographic drone surveys across utility-scale solar parks and commercial rooftops — surfacing the hotspots, panel defects and string failures that visual inspection alone cannot detect, in a format that supports your SCIOS Scope 12 reporting.
Fully autonomous drone flight around each blade with AI-classified defect detection — up to 15 turbines a day, 75% faster than climbing-based methods, wherever the turbine stands.
Centimetre-accurate volumetric 3D surveys for stockpile measurement, construction progress and industrial inventory — indoor and outdoor — extending our drone capability into operational work adjacent to Renewable Energy sites.
DutchInspect BV is an inspection company specialising in drone-based inspections for Renewable Energy operators — wind farms, solar parks and the industrial sites that sit alongside them. We keep the crew small, the report quality high, and the focus on the disciplines we do best.
Our heritage is in inspection — decades of on-the-ground fieldwork across Europe, North America and Africa — onshore and offshore — on industrial cargo, mining and logistics projects. That operational discipline is what we bring to every drone flight today, wherever the asset is — onshore, offshore, or on a site on the other side of the world.
Every DutchInspect engagement sits on three operational foundations — a certified drone fleet, an autonomous inspection platform, and a crew that has spent decades executing inspection work across Europe, North America and Africa — onshore and offshore.
Autonomous drone flight combined with AI defect classification for wind turbine blades — deployed by our crew across onshore and offshore sites.
Infrared drone surveys at panel level — the sensor that surfaces the defects visual inspection alone cannot detect.
GPS-RTK-based aerial photogrammetry delivering centimetre-accurate 3D models, volume deltas and audit-ready volume reports.
Blade, panel-level solar, or volumetric site measurement — Europe, offshore, or worldwide — we come back within one working day with a scoped proposal.
DutchInspect BV provides fully licensed Drone (UAV) Services led by certified and experienced pilots — focused on the three disciplines that matter most to Renewable Energy operators: wind, solar and volumetric 3D work. Delivered worldwide from our European base, including offshore operations.
Thermographic drone surveys across utility-scale solar parks and commercial rooftops. Infrared cameras reveal defects like hotspots, panel - and string failure. These are defects that visual inspection cannot detect, but that quietly bleed yield. On a 20 MW park, early-life thermal anomalies alone could cost an estimated €15,000–€20,000 a year.
Why drone-based thermal: every panel scanned, every defect GPS-located, and a full-park report delivered in a format that plugs straight into your O&M, insurance and compliance workflow — with spring inspections typically surfacing the most avoidable yield loss.
Built to support SCIOS Scope 12: Dutch insurers increasingly require a periodic SCIOS Scope 12 inspection of solar panel installations as a condition of cover, on a roughly five-year cycle. Our thermographic drone survey delivers the panel-level thermal evidence that feeds straight into that Scope 12 inspection and report — establishing a clean baseline for newly commissioned parks and a current dataset for every renewal that follows. With the EPBD IV transposition landing on 29 May 2026, asset managers and insurers are asking whether that Scope 12 baseline is up to date — and a drone thermal survey is the fastest way to answer.
In partnership with a leading autonomous inspection platform, we revolutionise wind turbine blade inspections through the power of autonomous drones and cutting-edge AI. Our autonomous drones navigate around turbines, capturing high-resolution imagery of critical components — with emphasis on the blades — from multiple angles, enabling thorough inspection of areas previously time-consuming, costly, or hazardous to reach. The drone flies several metres from the blade — far enough to avoid rotor turbulence, close enough for sub-millimetre detail.
What you get: detailed assessments of structural integrity and blade condition in a user-friendly, AI-generated report — with defects classified, not just photographed: leading-edge erosion, lightning strike damage, delamination and surface cracks, each with exact defect location and delivered within 72 hours. That changes the procurement question for asset managers — up to 15 turbines a day against one or two with rope access, and no climbers on a blade for routine inspection.
Rope access stays essential — for repair. Drone inspection tells you when, and exactly where, to deploy a specialist team. With offshore fleets across the North Sea entering their first major inspection cycles, every turbine has a baseline blade-inspection window opening between now and 2028.
Photogrammetric drone surveys — indoor and outdoor — for stockpile measurement, construction progress monitoring, industrial inventory and terrain analysis. Accurate volume measurement of stockpiles by flying over them with GPS-RTK — no climbing, no steep-slope access issues, no hand-measurement uncertainty.
Applications: stockpile measurement (coal, biomass, ore, aggregates), construction progress monitoring, mining and exploration sites, port inventory, and terrain analysis including flood-risk assessment. Indoor volumetrics delivered via hand-held or drone mounted laser scanners producing real-time 3D imagery.
For projects, business promotion or inspection work outside our three primary disciplines, we provide high-definition drone imagery and video — capturing angles previously only possible with cranes or mobile platforms. Power masts, rooftops, bridges, cell-phone towers, terrain analysis, and complete 3D mapping on request.
Note on multispectral / hyperspectral: we have capability in imaging beyond the visible spectrum (agriculture, mineral survey, condition work) — available on request, but not a primary focus of the DutchInspect service line.
Straight answers on capacity, turnaround, standards and coverage for our wind, solar and volumetric drone inspections.
Up to 15 turbines per day with our autonomous drone platform — completing each turbine in under 45 minutes, compared to one or two per day with rope access.
Approximately 75% faster than climbing-based rope access, while covering the full blade at sub-millimetre resolution from multiple angles.
AI-classified defect reports — leading-edge erosion, lightning strike damage, delamination and surface cracks — are delivered within 72 hours of the inspection flight.
Yes. Our infrared thermographic drone surveys deliver the panel-level thermal evidence that supports SCIOS Scope 12 inspection and reporting — establishing a clean baseline for new solar parks and a current dataset for every renewal cycle.
Less than 1% volume deviation, using drone-mounted and hand-held LiDAR plus photogrammetry, producing audit-ready volume figures for stockpile measurement, construction progress and industrial inventory.
DutchInspect BV is headquartered in Ouddorp, the Netherlands, and delivers drone inspection services across Europe, North America and Africa — onshore and offshore, including North Sea wind farms.
The EPBD IV transposition deadline of 29 May 2026 leads asset managers and insurers to confirm their SCIOS Scope 12 baseline is current. A DutchInspect thermographic drone survey is the fastest way to establish or refresh that baseline before the deadline.
Contact us to discuss a blade inspection, a solar park thermal audit, or a volumetric survey — Europe, offshore, or anywhere worldwide — we come back within one working day.
Our inspection heritage is built on years of solid bulk cargo work across European, North American, African and worldwide ports, mines and logistics corridors. We still conduct this work — sampling, quality determination and shipment supervision for solid bulk commodities including biomass, solid fuels, ores and minerals.
Extensive experience across solid bulk commodity classes — handled, inspected and reported to the standards your shippers, receivers and insurers expect. Eight specialised service lines built on decades of global experience.
Cargo superintending, draft surveys, loading & discharge supervision, stowage checks on solid bulk carriers.
Iron ore, chrome ore, tantalite, cassiterite — sampling, processing, analysis and shipment supervision.
Coal, coke and petcoke — sampling, moisture analysis, stockpile monitoring, shipment supervision.
Barite, industrial minerals — deposit assessment, sampling, processing and shipping supervision.
Heavy-lift and special break bulk — loading supervision, condition survey, on/offhire documentation.
Grains, animal feed — quantity, quality, moisture and contamination assessment.
Biomass, wood pellets, renewable solid fuels — trade flow supervision end-to-end, origin to receiver.
Laboratory analysis, on-site sampling, mobile sampling centres, independent quality verification.
Four operating principles that underpin every inspection, every report, and every client relationship at DutchInspect BV — built up across decades of global fieldwork.
State-of-the-art equipment and techniques to precisely measure cargo quantity. Experienced inspectors meticulously following standardised procedures.
Thorough quality assessments — visual inspection, sampling and laboratory analysis — verifying compliance with industry specifications.
Safety is our top priority. Cargo compliance assessed against international regulations — proper labelling, handling and storage procedures verified.
Detailed inspection reports delivered promptly, providing the data you need to make informed decisions on your cargoes without delay.
Contact us to discuss your solid bulk inspection requirements — Europe, North America, Africa, onshore or offshore — with reliable, comprehensive solutions.
A selection of completed DutchInspect projects, led by our renewable-focused inspection disciplines — offshore wind turbine inspections in the North Sea, thermographic solar park inspections in the Netherlands and Germany, and indoor & outdoor volumetric inspections across Europe. Historical solid bulk projects from our inspection heritage appear further down the page.
Every engagement is planned, flown and reported by the DutchInspect crew — with the same report quality and operational discipline, whether the asset is an offshore turbine, a utility-scale solar park, or a volumetric stockpile survey on another continent. The four projects below are the ones we return to most often when clients ask for reference work.
Four reference projects across our wind, solar and volumetric disciplines — onshore, offshore, indoor and cross-border.
DutchInspect carried out autonomous drone blade inspections across offshore wind farms in the North Sea — delivering millimetre-resolution imagery, AI-classified defect reports and a prioritised repair list without a single climb. Full fleet coverage, offshore corridor coordination, and reports delivered in the format our North Sea wind clients already recognise.
Thermographic drone surveys of utility-scale Dutch solar parks — panel-level anomaly detection across the full park. Infrared cameras reveal defects like hotspots, panel - and string failure, GPS-located and delivered in a report that plugs straight into O&M and insurance workflows. Spring-window audits typically recover meaningful yield before summer.
Cross-border thermographic inspections of commercial solar installations in Germany — delivered in reporting aligned with local regulatory and insurance expectations. Panel-level thermal data, GPS-located anomalies, and a compliance-ready report pack for German asset managers who want the same inspection rigour they see across the border in the Netherlands.
Over the last few years DutchInspect has delivered indoor and outdoor volumetric 3D inspections at sites across Europe — measuring stockpile and inventory volumes, tracking construction progress, and capturing enclosed spaces with both drone-mounted and hand-held LiDAR. Every engagement delivered centimetre-accurate models and audit-ready volume figures.
Completed solid bulk, metals and minerals projects from the DutchInspect inspection heritage — spanning ports and mining regions across Europe, North America and Africa, and beyond. Referenced for context on the operational experience behind the DutchInspect crew.
Sampling and reporting on iron inclusions in coal exported through Riga that were damaging UK conveyor systems.
Sampling and sample processing of Lumpy Chrome Ore in the port of Durres, quality determination to client specification.
Reclamation of iron ore value from legacy stockyards, in parallel with Liberian iron ore fines work.
Supervision of a heavy-lift break bulk operation — condition survey, loading supervision, cargo-securing sign-off.
Arrangement and supervision of special break bulk loading, including heavy pieces, in Gioia Tauro, Southern Italy.
Deposit assessment across Kogi, Plateau (Bauchi) and Zamfara States with a mobile sampling and analysis centre.
End-to-end mining, processing and shipping supervision on the Liberian Barite Project.
Logistics management and cargo superintending for woodchip storage and ocean shipping in Buchanan, Liberia.
Reclamation of iron ore fines from an abandoned stockyard destroyed during the Liberian and Sierra Leonean civil wars.
Wind turbine fleet, solar park thermal audit, or volumetric survey — worldwide, including offshore. We scope every engagement the same way, and come back within one working day.
Contact us today to discover how DutchInspect BV can elevate your inspection work — wind turbine, solar park, or volumetric 3D survey, worldwide and including offshore. Every enquiry is handled personally and we respond within one working day.
Every enquiry is handled personally — not by a contact centre. Expect a reply from Ruud within one working day.
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1.1These conditions shall apply to all tenders of and all orders to DutchInspect BV for the performance of services by DutchInspect BV as well as to all contracts relating thereto. Unless agreed otherwise in writing, the conditions of the other party or principal (hereinafter: principal) of DutchInspect BV shall not be applicable and are hereby expressly rejected.
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1.5In these conditions services shall include weight assessment, the inspecting and sampling of dry and liquid cargo (in bulk), conducting bunker surveys as well as the inspecting of containers and assessment and advising on same.
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2.3The mere fact that a (delivery) period or (delivery) date, final or otherwise, specified by DutchInspect BV or agreed between the parties has been exceeded, shall not mean that DutchInspect BV is in default. In all cases – therefore also in the event that the parties have agreed a final (delivery) period or (delivery) date explicitly in writing – DutchInspect BV shall not be in default as a result of the fact that a delivery period or date has been exceeded until such time as the principal has given written notice of default. The notice of default must contain as comprehensive and detailed a description of the breach as possible, in order to ensure that DutchInspect BV has the opportunity to respond adequately.
2.4Where applicable, the burden of proving that the service and the results of the service provided by DutchInspect BV do not conform to the agreements made in writing or to what may be expected from a reasonably acting and competent supplier shall lie solely with the principal, without prejudice to DutchInspect BV’s right to furnish evidence to the contrary by any means.
2.5Unless agreed otherwise in writing, DutchInspect BV shall be entitled to have the operations performed by a third party. When possible, DutchInspect shall inform their principal prior commencing operations.
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2.7Because of and after any transfer referred to in the previous paragraph DutchInspect BV shall be released from the undertakings resulting for them from the agreement.
3.1Except where agreed otherwise in writing, the use made by the principal of advice issued by DutchInspect BV shall in all cases be at the principal’s risk and expense.
3.2DutchInspect BV shall be bound to perform the services to be carried out by them in a careful and competent manner. In this respect DutchInspect BV shall have an obligation to perform to the best of their ability.
3.3The liability of DutchInspect BV with respect to any defect in the services provided by them shall be limited to the performance of the obligation referred to in the previous paragraph.
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3.5All complaints relating to the execution of work by or on behalf of DutchInspect BV must be submitted to DutchInspect BV in writing within 10 days after the principal has discovered the defect, or should reasonably have discovered the defect, but ultimately within 4 weeks after completion of the work, failing which any claim towards DutchInspect BV relating to such work will have expired.
3.6DutchInspect BV shall never be bound to pay any indemnification, resulting from indirect damage or loss, resulting loss, loss of profit, loss of savings, reduced goodwill, loss due to business interruption, due to the scrambling, destruction or loss of data or documents including compensation for loss of profits or consequential or indirect damage, which is the result of the non- or untimely or incorrect performance of the work and activities and/or of an incorrect or incomplete reporting on same and/or the failure to take certain measures, except if and in as far as the damage suffered occurred due to a deliberate act or a gross fault of the management of DutchInspect BV or one of their executives involved in the performance of the work.
3.7In cases in which DutchInspect BV shall be bound to pay an indemnification same will never exceed five times (5x) the invoice value of the services provided, due to which or in connection with which the damage was caused, however, with a maximum amount of EUR 10,000.– per event.
3.8Each claim against DutchInspect BV, unless admitted by DutchInspect BV, shall expire after six (6) months following the arising of the claim.
3.9The employees or representatives of DutchInspect BV or other persons contracted by DutchInspect BV for the performance of the agreement may towards the principal invoke all defences derived from the agreement as if they were parties to such agreement themselves.
3.10In as far as the principal of DutchInspect BV is himself acting on instruction or performs his activities (partly) for the benefit of other parties, he shall be obliged to insert as third-party stipulations for the benefit of DutchInspect BV, their employees, representatives and any persons contracted by DutchInspect BV, the provisions of article 2 and of the previous paragraphs of the present article in the agreements concluded or to be concluded by them with other parties.
3.11Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous paragraph, the principal shall protect DutchInspect BV, their employees, representatives and any persons contracted by them, for the performance of the agreement against any claim of third parties in connection with the performance of the agreement by DutchInspect BV to the extent that such claim is more than or different from the claim to which the principal is entitled vis-à-vis DutchInspect BV.
4.1DutchInspect BV shall commit themselves to keep all documents, samples and the like which they have in their possession available for the principal for a period of 6 months, after which DutchInspect BV shall be entitled to dispose of this material and after which any right to file a claim against DutchInspect BV in respect or in relation therewith shall have expired.
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6.2If the principal shall not settle any amount which he is due under observation of the previous paragraph, he will be in default without any further notice of default being required. As from the day on which the principal is in default, he shall be liable to pay an interest for late payment at the rate of 1.5% per month or part thereof that the default continues. Moreover, the costs of the judicial and extrajudicial collecting costs of minimal 15% of the outstanding overdue payment are for account of the principal. Extrajudicial costs are all costs made by DutchInspect BV to collect the outstanding overdue payments such as the invoices of advocates, attorneys, sheriff’s officer, authorized agents, collectors, inclusive costs and liquidation writs.
6.3Due interest and costs are to be settled first by the principal, and then the outstanding invoices, even if the principal states that payment is relevant to (a) later invoice(s).
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7.1All disputes which exist between the parties shall exclusively be dealt with by the competent court of Rotterdam, unless DutchInspect BV shall prefer a court which has competence elsewhere. This jurisdiction clause shall also apply in case of indemnity or cumulation of plaintiffs or defendants or in case of a relation with and the pending of other proceedings.
7.2The legal relationship with DutchInspect BV and all contracts resulting therefrom or connected therewith shall be governed by Dutch law exclusively.
8.1During the term of the agreement and for one year following termination of the agreement, the principal shall only engage or otherwise employ, directly or indirectly, members of staff of DutchInspect BV who are or were previously involved in the execution of the agreement after obtaining the prior written consent of DutchInspect BV. Conditions may be attached to the aforementioned consent.
8.2The present general conditions have been drawn up in the Dutch and English language. In case of a conflict or deviation the Dutch text shall prevail.
8.3If one or more provisions of these conditions are declared null and void or are judicially incorrect, the remaining provisions remain totally in force.
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