How Tata Power CoE built a scalable AI-powered solar panel inspection solution with Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock

This post is co-written with Vikram Bansal from Tata Power, and Gaurav Kankaria, Omkar Dhavalikar from Oneture.

The global adoption of solar energy is rapidly increasing as organizations and individuals transition to renewable energy sources. India is on the brink of a solar energy revolution, with a national goal to empower 10 million households with rooftop solar installations by 2027. However, as the number of installations surges into the millions, a critical need has emerged: ensuring each solar panel system is properly installed and maintained. Traditional manual inspection methods—which involve physical site visits, visual assessments, and paper-based documentation—have become a significant bottleneck. They’re prone to human error, inconsistent, and can create substantial time delays. To address these challenges, Tata Power Center of Technology Excellence (CoE) collaborated with Oneture Technologies as their AI analytics partner to develop an AI-powered solar panel installation inspection solution using Amazon SageMaker AI ...