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Image courtesy of Freedom Solar While drones can help solar contractors survey up to 5x more projects per day, they are also powerful tools for

Image courtesy of Northwest Electric & Solar Whenever we speak to solar contractors, they inevitably ask us how accurate Scanifly’s solar design software really is.

As a company, we take pride in the Scanifly Accuracy Pledge. We know from personal experience working in solar, and from conversations with hundreds of

After completing a degree in Energy Engineering at Penn State, Santiago Jaramillo landed a job at Tesla as a solar energy storage designer. He wanted

Steve Buchmiller got into solar by accident. An oil fields contractor originally, he started looking for new opportunities when the price of oil fell in

Nearly all solar contractors conduct an on-site survey before construction. Given this frequency, it’s commonplace for site surveyors to interact with homeowners in a variety

Whether for environmental or business reasons, more Americans than ever are looking into solar energy. Solar panel technology has been around for a while, but

The Skydio 2 drone is a beautiful piece of machinery, but the hardware is only one part of it. After part one of this blog series where I reviewed Skydio 2’s hardware, I want to dive into the software side. I work with drones on a regular basis, and know that software is just as important – if not more important – than the drone itself. In this post, I’ve compiled my thoughts on Skydio 2’s software strengths and limitations, plus give my final verdict on whether I recommend the drone to everyone.

Tim Jackson, Scanifly’s VP of Customer Success, spends all day explaining drone hardware and software to solar contractors. For the past two weeks he has tested the Skydio 2 drone. Here is Part 1 of his review.