Volatus Aerospace
🇨🇦 CA Serves CA, US, global
Canadian drone services, training and equipment company.
- Service
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 8 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Energy & Utilities
Power line inspection
Short answer Published prices for power line inspection run $200–$300 per mile (1 price from 1 source, United States; newest dated Oct 2026). Every receipt is below.
Drones and line-crawling robots inspecting transmission and distribution lines.
People ask for this as: “power line drone inspection”, “transmission line robot”
Quick facts
- Typical published range
- $200–$300 per mile
- Price receipts
- 1 price from 1 source
- Who does it
- 21 providers, 18 sell it as a service
- Where
- 17 countries with a local provider: 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Last updated · Cite this page
How it works
Robots used
- Drone
- Line Robot
Ways to buy it
- Service — you pay for the outcome (one inspection, one show, X acres).
- Raas — a subscription covering robot, software and support.
- Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).
Bot or Not?
A robot makes sense when…
- The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
- It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
- You need data you will compare over time
- You need eyes on it right now
Hire a human when…
- It is small, low and one-off
- It needs hands, judgement or a repair
- Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
- Nobody has defined the job yet
Here's the catch for this job
- Per-asset pricing (per turbine, per MW) is common.
- Combine thermal and RGB in one flight to save mobilization costs.
Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →
What it costs
Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.
The receipt as a table
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported contractor rates for drone power-line inspection | $200–$300 | / mile | US | encorinc.com as of Oct 2026 |
Dataset: Power line inspection price receipts (Whirrwork). 1 published price for power line inspection, each with its source link and as-of date. Old observations are kept, never overwritten. JSON · history JSON · all downloads · CC BY 4.0
Follow price changes for this job Atom feed: one entry per new or changed price, with its receipt. All feeds
Price history
Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).
| Series | Latest | Observations | Observed | Trend | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported contractor rates for drone power-line inspection | $200–$300 / mile | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | encorinc.com |
Sources re-checked: 1 of 1 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl
Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=power-line-inspection
What to specify and ask
Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":
- Line length, voltage and structure count
- Defects to find (corrosion, vegetation, insulators) and report format
- Asset type and count (panels, turbines, km of line)
- Location
- Access and permits
- Deliverables
- Outage windows
- Frequency
Rules and regulation
Utility work follows NERC/OSHA electrical safety rules; drones near energized lines may need utility approvals; nuclear work needs NRC/IAEA-compliant procedures.
General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.
Providers who do this
Filters by headquarters or published service area.
Cyberhawk
🇬🇧 GB Serves global, GB, US +2
UK drone inspection and digital twin company for energy and utilities.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 7 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Aerodyne Group
🇲🇾 MY Serves global
Malaysia-based global drone solutions group for energy, telecom and agriculture.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 7 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Terra Drone
🇯🇵 JP Serves global, JP, ID +3
Japanese drone services group offering surveying, inspection and agriculture worldwide.
- Service
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 8 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Delair
🇫🇷 FR Serves global
French fixed-wing drone maker.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Sharper Shape
🇫🇮 FI Serves global
Finnish/US powerline inspection and vegetation analytics company.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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Hepta Insights
🇪🇪 EE Serves EU
Estonian powerline drone inspection company.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Airpelago
🇫🇮 FI Serves EU
Finnish drone inspection company for powerlines.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
ULC Technologies
🇺🇸 US Serves US
US utility robotics company (CISBOT gas main sealing).
- Service
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
HiBot
🇯🇵 JP Serves global
Japanese inspection robot maker.
- Service
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
JOUAV
🇨🇳 CN Serves global
Chinese industrial VTOL drone maker.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Nordic Unmanned
🇳🇴 NO Serves EU
Norwegian drone services and equipment provider.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
sees.ai
🇬🇧 GB Serves GB
UK remote BVLOS drone operations company.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Applus+ Chile
🇪🇸 ES Serves CL
Applus+ drone inspection and topography services in Chile.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 4 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Intertek Moody Chile
🇬🇧 GB Serves CL
Intertek's drone inspection and 3D survey service in Chile.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Yijiahe (亿嘉和)
🇨🇳 CN Serves China
Chinese listed company (603666) making commercial cleaning robots (J20-J110), inspection and live-line working robots, and EV-charging robots.
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 4 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Rohde Manutenções Elétricas
🇧🇷 BR Serves BR
Brazilian electrical maintenance company inspecting transmission lines with drones (detailed and thermographic inspection).
- Service
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
DronePower
🇧🇷 BR Serves BR
Brazilian drone inspection company (São Paulo) for transmission lines, distribution networks, gas networks and sanitation.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Finger Drones
🇧🇷 BR Serves BR-RS
Rio Grande do Sul drone company offering transmission line inspection by drone.
- Service
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Applus+ México
🇪🇸 ES Serves MX
Applus+ drone inspection of power lines in Mexico (thermal, LiDAR and AI anomaly detection).
- Service
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Altatec Drones
🇲🇽 MX Serves MX
Mexican industrial drone company (AFAC-certified) doing visual and thermal inspection of power lines, towers, substations, wind turbines and solar…
- Service
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
Questions buyers ask
How much does power line inspection cost?
Published prices for power line inspection run $200–$300 per mile (1 price from 1 source, United States; newest dated Oct 2026). Every receipt is below.
Who offers power line inspection near me?
We list 21 providers for power line inspection. 17 countries have at least one provider whose own site says it works there; the most covered are Belgium (4), Ireland (4) and Netherlands (4). 8 providers say they work worldwide. Pick your country on this page to see who serves it, local first.
What should I put in a quote request?
Start with line length, voltage and structure count; defects to find (corrosion, vegetation, insulators) and report format; asset type and count (panels, turbines, km of line). The full checklist has 8 items, and a request that covers them gets a real price instead of "it depends".
Do I actually need a robot for this?
Not always. If a competent person with a ladder could do it in an afternoon, hire the person (the Ladder Test). Here's the catch for this job: Per-asset pricing (per turbine, per MW) is common.
Are there rules or permits?
Utility work follows NERC/OSHA electrical safety rules; drones near energized lines may need utility approvals; nuclear work needs NRC/IAEA-compliant procedures. More on rules (a summary, not legal advice).
Cite this page
Whirrwork. "Power line inspection: cost, how it works & providers." Last updated 2026-10-25. https://whirrwork.com/use-cases/power-line-inspection/. CC BY 4.0.
BibTeX
@misc{whirrwork_power_line_inspection,
title = {Power line inspection: cost, how it works \& providers},
author = {{Whirrwork}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whirrwork.com/use-cases/power-line-inspection/},
note = {Last updated 2026-10-25. CC BY 4.0. Prices link to their original sources.}
}Quoting a price? Cite its original source too (linked in the table). We're the index, not the origin. Add the date you read this page.
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