Most portfolio reporting relies on operator-provided data — accurate, but single-source. A second independent stream allows triangulation, which is what investors and IR teams increasingly expect from sophisticated asset managers.
Without spatial soiling data, soiling becomes one variable in a residual calculation — typically grouped with weather as "environmental factors." Direct measurement converts those estimates into evidence: this farm, this percentage, this period.
O&M agreements specify cleaning frequency or response times because those are observable. Soiling outcomes — the thing you actually care about — are typically not contractually specified, because until recently they were impractical to measure independently.
"Cleaned 18 sites in the last 90 days. Production within tolerance." Hard to challenge. Harder to verify.
Q3 production missed forecast by 3%. Cause: "soiling and weather." No granular attribution available.
"Cleaning was performed per O&M schedule." Operationally accurate. Evidentiary value to investors: limited.
"Average soiling 1.4% across 18 sites. Cleaning cadence aligned with measured soiling at 16 sites; 2 sites cleaned earlier than required."
Q3 production miss broken down: 1.2% soiling at 4 specific sites, 0.8% inverter, 1% weather. Attributed and audit-trailed.
"Independent satellite verification: cleaning cadence optimised across portfolio, soiling losses reduced 1.8% YoY."
Every asset you own, every soiling event, every cleaning action — in one view. Spot anomalies in seconds, not after the quarterly review.
Production gaps broken down by cause — soiling, inverter, weather, availability. Auditable, evidence-backed, defensible to your investment committee.
One-click report for LP and board updates. Portfolio-wide soiling trend, cleaning effectiveness, year-on-year improvement. Ready to drop into your IR pack.
Asset owners increasingly write SkySense (or equivalent independent verification) into their O&M agreements. The mechanism is straightforward: cleaning decisions must reflect measured soiling, attribution must be evidence-backed, and the asset owner must have direct read access to the underlying data — not a filtered report.
The result: better-aligned incentives between owner and operator, fewer disputes about underperformance attribution, and a cleaner audit trail when assets change hands or get refinanced.
Yes — and in many ways the asset-owner use case is the cleaner one. SkySense doesn't require operational integration with your O&M partner to deliver value to you. We need site coordinates, panel layout information, and ideally historical SCADA data (which you can request from your O&M partner under most agreements). From that, you get an independent satellite view of your portfolio that your operator cannot influence. Some owners run SkySense purely as oversight without involving the operator at all; others integrate it directly into their O&M contract terms. Both approaches work — we'll discuss which fits your portfolio during the pilot scoping.
Absolutely — and we encourage it. Several pilot conversations have started with this exact question. The contractual mechanism is typically a clause requiring the O&M partner to use a named satellite-verified soiling tool (SkySense, or equivalent) and to provide the asset owner direct read access to the underlying data. We can work with your legal team to draft suggested contract language during the pilot. From an operator perspective, we work collaboratively with mandated O&M partners — most welcome the platform because it strengthens their case when production gaps are not soiling-related.
Yes. Production loss attribution and cleaning ROI calculations support multi-currency input — useful for international YieldCo portfolios where PPAs are denominated in different currencies. Reporting can be aggregated at any level: by site, region, sub-portfolio, or fund. Mixed portfolios with sites under different O&M operators or different ownership structures are common — SkySense applies uniformly across all of them, providing a single independent view regardless of operational complexity. Multi-portfolio support is included in Business and Enterprise tiers.
More questions?
Talk to our team before you apply →Structured 90-day pilots with a small number of asset owners at a time. Your portfolio, analysed against actual satellite imagery — to produce reporting and attribution your investment committee can use.
Apply for a Pilot ProgramWe'll confirm fit and walk you through what the 90 days involves before anything starts.