ABO Energy Hungary: From Manual Inspections to Scalable Thermography Intelligence with Sitemark
Discover how ABO Energy streamlined solar maintenance across six Hungarian sites using Sitemark’s intelligent thermal inspection platform.
As ABO Energy rapidly expanded its solar project portfolio across Europe, it faced a pressing operational challenge in Hungary: no digital system to identify, prioritize, and act on solar anomalies. With a growing number of assets and increasing demands for precision and reliability, Abbo Energy needed a smarter solution, fast.
A year ago, they partnered with Sitemark. Today, Sitemark is powering actionable insights across six sites in Hungary, streamlining maintenance and improving performance across their PV installations.
The Challenge: Scaling Without Losing Sight of What Matters
Before Sitemark, ABO Energy relied on basic thermography reports, often Excel spreadsheets with scattered images and no real prioritization. The inefficiencies quickly became obvious:
- Manual effort
- Anomaly overload: “In one case, we had over 100 findings, but only 10 were relevant. The rest were just dirt or bird droppings.”
This lack of clarity caused unnecessary repeat inspections, slowed down operations, and complicated handovers to O&M teams.
The Solution: A Reliable Platform with a Human Touch
They needed a solution that was:
- Accurate in detecting real performance issues
- Efficient to use across large-scale sites
- Supported by a team of experts and reliable customer support
That’s when ABO Energy chose Sitemark. Sitemark’s thermal scanning services quickly became an integral part of ABO Energy’s workflow:
- Thermal anomalies such as diode failures and non-working trackers are now easily identified.
- PDF reports are customized for different stakeholders, simplified for investors or detailed for contractors.
- Excel exports are filtered to generate targeted action plans.
“With Sitemark, I can tailor every report to its audience, a detailed export for contractors, a clean, investor-ready PDF for stakeholders. I love the flexibility to highlight exactly what matters, like isolating just the module issues with a few clicks. It makes communication faster, clearer, and way more impactful.”
Results: Time Saved, Quality Improved
With Sitemark, Gábor and his team can now:
- Quickly prioritize real issues from noise (like bird droppings or dust).
- Save significant time compared to manual inspections — which means money saved, too.
- Collaborate more effectively across teams.
“Without thermal scanning, I don't even know if we could detect a single broken panel. Time is money, and we save a lot of time with Sitemark.”
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What Stands Out: Beyond the Platform
While the product plays a critical role, Gábor highlights another reason for the lasting partnership, the people.
“The cooperation is fantastic. The team, they always pick up the phone. They’re super friendly and responsive. For me, that’s one of the most important things.”
Advice to Others
“If you're choosing between providers, Sitemark stands out for its great human support, price competitiveness, and practical features. The tool works great, but the people make it even better.”
