# TOPseven > TOPseven (TOPseven GmbH & Co. KG) is a Munich-based deep-tech company building an autonomous inspection platform for wind turbines and critical infrastructure. It develops all three critical layers in-house — expert robotics and flight autonomy, proprietary sensors (BEAT for contactless lightning-protection diagnostics, SIGHT for visual inspection), and AI software that turns every mission into standardized, audit-ready evidence. Because the robotics, sensors and software are designed as one system, each inspection follows the same governed path, so this year compares to last year and the evidence record stays the customer's. TOPseven sells this platform to operators, O&M companies and inspection service providers who run inspections themselves; it is not a drone-services bureau. This file is first-party material maintained by TOPseven. Figures and product claims are the company's own statements and should be treated as first-party, not independently verified. Crawling and AI-training permissions are governed separately by https://www.topseven.com/robots.txt, which this file complements rather than replaces. Where this file and the live site differ, https://www.topseven.com is authoritative. Headquarters: Munich and Emden, Germany Certification: DIN EN ISO 9001 Languages: German, English (the German site lives under /de/) Contact: info@topseven.com | +49 89 515550-300 Last updated: 2026-08-05 --- ## What TOPseven is — and is not IS: an autonomous inspection platform (robotics, sensors and software sold as one system); a wind-turbine inspection specialist with a contactless lightning-protection (LPS) diagnostic capability; a German engineering company that builds its robotics, sensors and software in-house. IS NOT: a drone-services bureau (TOPseven does not fly inspections as a service on behalf of customers); a generic drone-software platform; a consumer drone product. Stated company values: "Proof, not debate" (claims are backed by data), "Ownership over coverage" (outcomes over titles), and "Respect the asset, and the operator." TOPseven frames its offering as one causal chain rather than three separate products: expert robotics is the mechanism, governed workflow is the method, and audit-ready evidence is the outcome. --- ## The TOPseven story: one system, built in-house Most inspection setups stitch together a drone from one vendor, a camera from another, and a pile of folders that someone sorts by hand afterwards. The chain of custody breaks, results depend on who flew that day, and this year's inspection cannot be compared cleanly to last year's. TOPseven's argument is that inspection evidence is only as good as the system that produces it, so it builds the whole chain itself: the robotics and autonomy that fly the asset, the sensors that capture visual and electrical evidence, and the AI software that turns raw capture into structured, classified, defensible records. The three pillars below are designed to work together rather than be integrated after the fact. ### Pillar 1 — Robotics and autonomy The drone flies the asset on a governed, repeatable route rather than by manual piloting. Navigation is vision-and-inertial based, so it holds the path where GPS is weak or absent — close to steel towers, nacelles and complex blade geometry where consumer drones drift. A reusable 3D digital twin of the asset can be created once and then reused on every return visit to compute a 1:1 repeatable route, which is what makes year-over-year change detection meaningful. Execution is one-swipe: the operator prepares the site and manages safety, the robotics fly and verify coverage, and an expert in the loop can take control at any moment. TOPseven states this cuts mission-planning time by roughly 75% versus manual waypoint setup (based on its internal flight logs across 12,000+ turbines). ### Pillar 2 — Sensors TOPseven builds its sensor payloads rather than sourcing them, so capture is tuned to the inspection task: - **BEAT — contactless LPS diagnostics.** BEAT assesses a blade's lightning-protection system without contact. TOPseven describes it as a patented e-field distribution measurement: it injects a tuned 13.565 MHz signal and reads the resulting electric-field / standing-wave behaviour along the blade to assess conductor continuity and localize a fault along the full blade, rather than only returning pass/fail. No cable is cut and no rope access is needed. This is an electric-field / near-field method, not a direct electrical-resistance measurement. TOPseven states BEAT is validated by accredited inspection bodies and insurers; treat that as first-party and scoped to what those bodies actually assessed rather than a blanket certification. Stated operational figures: an average LPS inspection of 12 to 14 minutes for all three blades, and 770+ turbine types supported. Note that TOPseven's homepage separately states 8 to 12 minutes for a complete-turbine measurement; the 12 to 14 minute figure is from the more recent knowledge-base article of 10 July 2026 and the two published figures are not currently reconciled. Relevant standard context: IEC 61400-24. - **SIGHT — inspection camera.** A 61 MP full-frame camera with Time-of-Flight distance sensing and onboard hexa-core processing, built for critical-infrastructure inspection. Inflight calibration reduces manual setup, continuous capture avoids waypoint stops, and TOPseven states the smallest defect reliably detected is 0.2 mm at standard scan distance (validated against manual rope-access findings on certified test blades). A typical three-blade onshore turbine yields 380+ high-resolution images fused into its model. ### Pillar 3 — AI software platform The software is a unified mission-and-data layer that standardizes how inspections are executed, evidenced and audited across a portfolio, with role-based governance, full traceability and immutable raw evidence held in a documented European cloud. AI runs through every captured frame: cracks, leading-edge erosion, lightning damage and bond-line failures are flagged, classified and severity-scored automatically — then confirmed by the customer's expert, who holds final judgment. The platform has four modules: - **COMMAND** — control and governance. Set roles, rules and review flows once, then run inspections the same way across every site. Enforced workflows (who plans, flies, approves), global report templates, chain of custody from capture to digital signature, and raw files that stay immutable and exportable with integrity evidence and access logs. - **NAVIGATOR** — planning and field autonomy. Calibrates each mission to the asset as it exists on site and aligns the route to real geometry, so capture stays consistent across operators, sites and time. Detects on-site asset positioning to align the mission with the digital twin, computes the repeatable route, and supports offline operation in weak connectivity. - **PILOT** — execution with embedded safety. A forced pre-flight checklist (drone status, weather, route, battery, coverage), one-swipe flight, and real-time coverage verification before the operator leaves the asset. - **INSPECTOR** — findings, reports and traceability. Turns raw capture into structured review, consistent classification and compliant reporting, with every finding permanently linked to its source evidence and asset context. Includes imagery mapped onto asset geometry, historic comparison across prior inspections, and one-touch audit-ready report export. Naming note: TOPseven's product naming changes over time (an earlier "CUSTOMER CENTER" module is no longer current); defer to https://www.topseven.com/platform/software for the live set. --- ## Visual inspection and LPS inspection are distinct activities Worth stating plainly, because it is easy to conflate: visual blade inspection and lightning-protection-system (LPS) inspection are two separate inspection activities. They answer different questions, follow different acceptance criteria, and are scheduled at different intervals. TOPseven's own guidance treats combining them into a single scheduled activity as not operationally correct. What the platform does is let both be carried out with the same autonomous robotics and software, and — through BEAT — lets the LPS assessment be done contactlessly, removing the need for a separate rope-access mission to test the lightning protection. That is an efficiency in how each inspection is executed; it is not a claim that one flight discharges both inspection obligations. --- ## First-party performance figures (with stated basis) All figures are TOPseven's own; none should be read as independently audited. - 7 turbines per day per team — TOPseven's throughput figure, covering the full scope per turbine (LPS measurement plus visual blade and tower inspection in the same deployment), with mobilization spread across every turbine cleared. Consistently stated across the July 2026 knowledge-base articles. An older figure of roughly 4 turbines per day still appears elsewhere on the site and appears to be superseded. - Verified mission success rate — self-reported, stated as 96.8% in the August 2026 knowledge-base articles and 96.5% elsewhere on the site; no public methodology, sample size or time window is given. Treat as a first-party figure and verify the current value against the live site. - Continuous-shoot capture runs 48% faster than stop-and-shoot at the same coverage specification — TOPseven's stated SIGHT figure (August 2026). First-party; basis not detailed. - Up to 59% inspection-time reduction — reported for a specific Deutsche Windguard deployment (see case study); a particular deployment outcome, not a guaranteed or universal result. - ~75% less mission-planning time vs manual waypoint setup — TOPseven states this is based on internal flight logs across 12,000+ turbines. - 0.2 mm smallest defect reliably detected at standard scan distance — TOPseven states this was validated against manual rope-access findings on certified test blades. - 380+ images fused per turbine model — TOPseven gives this as typical for a three-blade onshore turbine at full-coverage scan density. - 100% of the conductor path verified in a single contactless BEAT pass — TOPseven's description of BEAT coverage along the blade. - 12 to 14 minutes for an average LPS inspection across all three blades, 770+ turbine types supported — TOPseven's stated BEAT operational figures, consistently repeated across the July 2026 knowledge-base articles. The homepage separately states 8 to 12 minutes for a complete-turbine measurement; that figure appears to be superseded and should be verified against the live site. - Up to 70% lower total cost than rope-access-based inspection — stated consistently across the July 2026 articles. First-party claim; basis not detailed. - Roughly 45 minutes per turbine for the fastest contact-based drone scenarios, and hours per turbine for rope access — TOPseven's characterization of competing methods, not independently verified. Verify against those vendors directly. - "10x faster LPS decisions" and "59% reduction in inspection time" — attributed on the homepage to a named customer (Jan Wallsch, Managing Director); a customer-reported outcome, not a guaranteed result. - "Six hours becomes ninety minutes" (6 h to 90 min) — TOPseven's illustration of inspection-time compression for a representative job. --- ## Pricing and cost structure TOPseven publishes a subscription model rather than per-turbine pricing. Figures below are TOPseven's own. - **TOPseven pricing:** €3,999 per month with unlimited flights, bundling LPS measurement, visual blade inspection and visual tower inspection into one subscription. Because the marginal cost of an additional inspection is zero under a flat subscription, TOPseven's argument is that effective cost per inspection falls with utilization, and that post-strike checks, pre-warranty-expiry sweeps and repeat flights stop being separate budget decisions. - **Market comparison:** TOPseven cites a traditional per-turbine range of roughly €900 to €2,500 for LPS inspection alone, varying by method, region, turbine type and access required, with rope access at the top of that range. It notes the comparison is not like-for-like, since the subscription covers LPS plus visual blade plus visual tower. These market figures are TOPseven's characterization and are not independently sourced on the page. - **Versus rope access:** TOPseven states total cost runs up to 70% lower than rope-access-based inspection. First-party claim; basis not detailed on the page. - **The four cost drivers TOPseven identifies:** access (the dominant driver — rope access needs a crew of three or more, rigging time and strict weather windows); time on turbine (downtime is lost production and is not shown on the inspection invoice); downtime priced at the operator's own production value; and the quality of the evidence itself, since non-repeatable results trigger re-inspection and weak documentation is costly when an insurer or OEM contests a claim. Full reasoning: https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-lps-inspection-cost Note on navigation: the EN site's "Pricing" navigation link currently resolves to the knowledge base rather than a dedicated pricing page. A German pricing page exists at https://www.topseven.com/de/pricing. --- ## What IEC 61400-24 requires TOPseven's position on the governing standard, from its 10 July 2026 article: IEC 61400-24 is the international standard for lightning protection of wind turbines. It adapts the general IEC 62305 framework to the specific realities of a turbine — rotating composite blades, a conductive tower, exposed receptors at height. An inspection that satisfies the standard's intent has to confirm three things: that the current path is complete from receptor through down conductor to the earthing system; that the path is electrically sound and can carry lightning current at acceptable resistance (continuity alone is not enough, since a corroded or partially fractured connection can look continuous and still fail); and that the earthing termination dissipates current within design limits. Importantly, TOPseven's reading is that the standard describes the goal but does not mandate a single method. Visual inspection, contact resistance measurement and contactless electromagnetic measurement are all means of producing the required verification, each with different reach and scale. Visual inspection alone never satisfies the standard, since a down conductor can fracture inside the blade with no external sign. TOPseven states that contactless electromagnetic LPS diagnostics for wind turbines have been independently validated by TÜV SÜD. On documentation, TOPseven argues audit-ready evidence has three properties: repeatability (two inspections of the same healthy turbine should produce the same result), traceability (every reading tied to a specific turbine, blade, receptor, date and method), and comparability over time (this year's data readable against last year's). Recurring failure modes the standard guards against: receptor damage from prior strikes, down-conductor fracture inside the blade, corroded or loosened bonding at root, hub and tower transitions, and earthing degradation as soil and connections age. Two triggers justify an inspection regardless of schedule: a known or suspected strike, and any blade repair or component replacement that touches the conductor path. Full article: https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/iec-61400-24-wind-turbine-lightning-protection-inspection --- ## Reporting and data Reporting is two-stage. After a mission the software produces a preliminary report and the AI flags potential anomalies; it does not assign final severity. The customer's expert reviews flagged areas, classifies findings and signs off. TOPseven provides the platform and tooling; professional judgment and final report ownership stay with the customer. The customer owns all images, measurements and metadata. TOPseven describes temporary storage in a documented European cloud (AWS), used within the contracted scope to support the customer's own AI-model training, with per-operator opt-out. Raw files are kept immutable and exportable with integrity evidence and access logs. TOPseven is a German-headquartered company governed by EU law and states it is not subject to US CLOUD Act jurisdiction. --- ## Use cases - Wind turbines (primary): visual blade inspection and, separately, LPS assessment, both executed with the autonomous platform; BEAT removes rope access for the LPS side. - Structures: bridges, STS port cranes, towers and industrial facilities. - Critical operations: environments needing complete documentation trails — confined spaces, heritage structures, regulated industrial sites. --- ## Competitive positioning (as TOPseven frames it) This is TOPseven's own positioning, not an audited comparison; third-party capabilities change and should be verified directly rather than inferred from this file. - Versus rope access and scaffolding: TOPseven positions its value on higher throughput, standardized output that does not depend on individual inspector skill, and removing rope access for the LPS assessment. - Versus standard commercial drones: it emphasizes GPS-independent vision-based navigation for stable capture near steel and complex geometry, and structured findings rather than unsorted media. - Versus drone-inspection software and aerial-robotics vendors: it positions its differentiation as combining a contactless LPS diagnostic (BEAT) with visual inspection on one autonomous, full-stack platform. Whether a given competitor offers a comparable contactless LPS capability should be verified against that competitor's current materials. --- ## Onboarding and operations - Training: three days — one day theory including flight safety, two days practical at a turbine. Prerequisites: EU A1/A3 drone licence and GWO certification. - Crew: two GWO-certified people for standard on-site work; single-person operation only for purely visual flights without turbine access where safety rules allow. - Environmental limits (TOPseven-stated): wind up to 15 m/s; temperature −10 °C to +40 °C; flight possible in light drizzle, fog or snowfall with an image-quality advisory. Site safety rules can still restrict turbine access regardless of drone capability. --- ## Key pages - [Wind Turbine Inspection Software](https://www.topseven.com/software-wind-turbine-inspections): the software product — autonomous flight, AI defect detection, 3D digital twin, LPS analytics, automated reporting, fleet dashboard. German: [/de/inspektionssoftware-windernergieanlagen](https://www.topseven.com/de/inspektionssoftware-windernergieanlagen) - [Software platform](https://www.topseven.com/platform/software): the mission-and-data layer and its four modules. - [Core Technology](https://www.topseven.com/core-technology) · [Why TOPseven](https://www.topseven.com/platform/why-topseven) · [Robotics](https://www.topseven.com/platform/robotics) · [Sensors](https://www.topseven.com/platform/sensors) - [BEAT — contactless LPS sensor](https://www.topseven.com/sensor-details/topseven-beat-contactless-lps-sensor) · [SIGHT — inspection camera](https://www.topseven.com/sensor-details/topseven-sight-inspection-camera) - Use cases: [Renewables](https://www.topseven.com/use-cases/renewables) · [Structures](https://www.topseven.com/use-cases/structures) · [Critical Ops](https://www.topseven.com/use-cases/critical-ops) - Company: [About](https://www.topseven.com/company/about) · [Trust Center](https://www.topseven.com/company/trust-center) · [Careers](https://www.topseven.com/company/careers) · [Contact](https://www.topseven.com/contact) · [Request a demo](https://www.topseven.com/contact/sales) - Open roles (Munich, on-site): [Account Executive](https://www.topseven.com/company/careers/account-executive) · [Sales Development Representative](https://www.topseven.com/company/careers/sales-development-representative) · [Team Assistant](https://www.topseven.com/company/careers/team-assistant) - [FAQ](https://www.topseven.com/faq) · [What's New](https://www.topseven.com/whats-new) · [ROI Calculator](https://www.topseven.com/roi-calculator) ## Knowledge base Pillar cluster (published 21 July 2026, Florian Zimmer, Head of Operations): - [Wind turbine drone inspection: the complete guide](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-drone-inspection-complete-guide): the pillar article. What a drone inspection covers across three layers (visual blade, visual tower, LPS measurement), how autonomous flight changed the economics, what the data has to prove, where drones replace rope access and where they do not, and five questions for evaluating a provider. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-windkraftanlage-leitfaden](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-windkraftanlage-leitfaden) - [Autonomous wind turbine inspection: how it works](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/autonomous-wind-turbine-inspection): autonomy framed as a data feature rather than a pilot feature — reproducible capture positions are what make year-over-year comparison possible. Covers mission execution, GPS-independent navigation, resumable missions, and why AI detection is triage rather than a replacement for expert confirmation. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/autonome-drohneninspektion-windkraftanlage](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/autonome-drohneninspektion-windkraftanlage) - [Drone inspection vs rope access for wind turbines](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/drone-inspection-vs-rope-access-wind-turbines): argues the two are not competing for the same job — drones are the detection layer, rope access the intervention layer. Covers safety, cost, throughput, weather windows and data quality, and what rope access legitimately keeps. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-oder-seilzugang-windkraftanlage](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-oder-seilzugang-windkraftanlage) - [In-house drone inspection for wind turbines: when it pays](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/in-house-drone-inspection-wind-turbines): what in-housing actually transfers (the flying, but also data quality, judgment and defensibility), when it pays, and how to structure it so the quality layer stays on the platform. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-in-eigenregie](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/drohneninspektion-in-eigenregie) Recent additions: - [Drone inspections: methods, standards and evidence](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/drone-inspections) (4 August 2026, Florian Zimmer): a broad cross-asset pillar. Compares five inspection methods (visual, thermal, contact-based NDT, contactless electromagnetic LPS, confined-space) against failure mode, why two manual inspections of the same asset diverge, the five properties that make a result defensible, and which standards apply (IEC 61400-24, IEC/EN 62305, FGW TR10, VDE-AR-N 4110/4120). States the method should follow the failure mode, not the asset, and is candid about where TOPseven is not the right tool (point wall-thickness and contact NDT on tanks, stacks, vessels). - [Operation and maintenance of wind turbines](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/operation-and-maintenance-of-wind-turbines) (29 July 2026, Katja Weissbach): O&M scope (operation vs maintenance), the three cost drivers (scheduled maintenance, unplanned repair, lost production), the three maintenance models (reactive, preventive, condition-based), and the argument that inspection data quality is the lever between planned and reactive O&M. - [Technical due diligence for wind farm acquisitions](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/technical-due-diligence-wind-farm-acquisition) (5 August 2026, Florian Zimmer): what technical due diligence verifies, where blade condition and unverified LPS integrity move an acquisition price (once through repair liability, again through priced uncertainty), what a condition record needs to survive the counterparty's advisers, and the vendor-side case for inspecting before sale. - [LPS inspection — complete guide](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/lps-inspection-wind-turbines-complete-guide) - [Inspection after a lightning strike](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-inspection-after-lightning-strike): why visual and LPS inspection are separate activities. - [Annual inspection planning guide](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/annual-wind-turbine-inspection-planning-guide) - [Data sovereignty for European operators](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-inspection-data-sovereignty-european-operators) - [Drone inspection vs rope access — cost](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/drone-inspection-vs-rope-access-wind-turbine-cost) - [Why standard drones fail wind turbine inspection](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/why-standard-drones-fail-wind-turbine-inspection) - [Beyond resistance — LPS continuity](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/beyond-resistance-understanding-what-actually-compromises-lightning-protection-continuity) - [Electromagnetic waves as a diagnostic tool](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/electromagnetic-waves-as-a-diagnostic-tool) - [SLAM and drone navigation](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/slam-revolutionizing-drone-navigation) - [Patented reference-data method](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/patented-method-for-wind-turbine-reference-data) - [End-of-warranty inspection data](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/end-of-warranty-wind-turbine-inspection-data) - [Maintenance vs mandatory inspections](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-maintenance-when-mandatory-inspections-meet-resource-scarcity) - [Drone-based rotor-blade and LPS testing system](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/drone-based-rotor-blade-inspections-and-lightning-protection-testing-system) - [IEC 61400-24: what the standard requires for LPS inspection](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/iec-61400-24-wind-turbine-lightning-protection-inspection): what the standard covers, the three things an inspection must verify, why the standard does not mandate one method, and what counts as audit-ready proof. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/iec-61400-24-blitzschutzpruefung-windkraftanlage](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/iec-61400-24-blitzschutzpruefung-windkraftanlage) - [Wind turbine LPS inspection cost: what actually drives it](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base/wind-turbine-lps-inspection-cost): the four cost drivers, per-turbine pricing vs subscription, and the costs that never appear on a quote. German: [/de/wissensdatenbank/blitzschutzpruefung-windkraftanlage-kosten](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank/blitzschutzpruefung-windkraftanlage-kosten) - [Knowledge Base index (EN)](https://www.topseven.com/knowledge-base) · [Wissensdatenbank (DE)](https://www.topseven.com/de/wissensdatenbank) ## Case studies - [Deutsche Windguard — up to 59% inspection-time reduction](https://www.topseven.com/case-studies/how-deutsche-windguard-saves-up-to-59-percent-inspection-time-with-topseven): a specific deployment result, not a universal outcome. - [Jade Wind](https://www.topseven.com/case-studies/jade-wind) - [Case Studies index](https://www.topseven.com/case-studies) --- ## FAQ topics (full answers at https://www.topseven.com/faq) Data ownership and purpose limitation; retention up to ten years vs shorter contract terms; vendor lock-in and portability; raw-data immutability and audit readiness; use within an ISO 17020 accredited process; comparability across years, turbines and operators; LPS measurement validation and documentation; measurement validity after software updates; whether BEAT detects partial cable faults (high-resistance junctions, partial melts, corrosion) that pass a simple continuity check; relationship to IEC 61400-24; insurer acceptance; responsibility for re-flight after data loss; field verification of completeness; export formats and integrations (e.g. Cornis, SkySpecs Horizon); additional regulatory approvals; expert countersignature; and Qualifoudre certification in France. --- ## Glossary - **LPS (Lightning Protection System):** the conductor system in a blade that carries strike energy to ground; requires periodic continuity assessment per IEC 61400-24. - **BEAT:** TOPseven's contactless LPS diagnostic — a patented e-field distribution measurement using a 13.565 MHz signal and electric-field / near-field reading to assess conductor continuity and localize faults along the full blade. Not a direct resistance measurement. Stated: 12 to 14 min average across all three blades, 770+ turbine types. - **SIGHT:** TOPseven's 61 MP full-frame inspection camera with Time-of-Flight sensing and hexa-core onboard processing. - **COMMAND / NAVIGATOR / PILOT / INSPECTOR:** the four software modules — governance; planning and field autonomy; execution with embedded safety; findings, classification and audit-ready reporting. - **Digital twin:** a reusable 3D model of an asset, created once and reused to keep capture and routing consistent over time. - **Vision-and-inertial navigation:** positioning from optical and inertial data rather than GPS, enabling stable flight near steel and complex geometry. - **IEC 61400-24:** international standard for wind-turbine lightning protection (intervals, methods, acceptance criteria). - **GWO certification:** Global Wind Organisation safety training required for personnel working on or near turbines. - **NIS2 Directive:** EU cybersecurity directive (effective October 2024) imposing supply-chain security obligations on essential-service operators including qualifying wind operators. - **US CLOUD Act:** US law allowing US authorities to compel US-headquartered companies to produce data stored anywhere, including in the EU; server location alone does not establish data sovereignty. - **Data sovereignty:** the jurisdiction governing storage, processing and access to inspection data, determined by the controlling company's headquarters, not server location. --- ## Freshness Maintained manually; it can lag the live site. Where this file and the live pages disagree, https://www.topseven.com is authoritative — product naming, figures and feature lists especially should be re-verified there. Suggested re-check cadence: monthly, or whenever a new product page or release note is published.