Asset Protection

First-in-industry live inspection capabilities for high voltage grids

• Continual real-time surveillance enhances security and resilience of operation of remote infrastructure

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• High-resolution inspection cameras enable immediate assessment of disturbances, while minimising costs and risks associated with the deployment of on-site maintenance and security teams to remote locations.

Dynamic Line Rating

Improve network performance with real-time environmental data

• DLR increases capacity over static line rating through more accurate assessment and prediction of line ampacity under varying conditions.

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• Our high performance weather station and line sag monitoring deployed in remote locations at low cost provide operators with unprecedented predictive power to maximise DLR opportunities.

Fire Risk

Immediate on-site situational awareness of hazards and incidents  

• Utilities are increasingly focused on avoidance of bush and forest fires under extreme weather conditions. 

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• High resolution visual and thermal cameras can proactively detect foliage in close proximity to the phase wire and provide automated fire and smoke warning. Precise wind speed and direction sensing at phase wire height enhance risk assessment of hazardous weather conditions.

Line Icing

Early warning and mitigation of ice accumulation and excessive sag

• Ice build-up is a serious issue that affects power lines in northerly latitudes and in mountainous regions. Severe icing can lead to excessive sag and even conductor failure, typically costing hundreds thousands of dollars to repair.

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• Ice accumulation warning and the early deployment of mitigation strategies can be achieved through our real-time sag detection and line-facing high resolution cameras.

Video Surveillance

Improve safety and site security with high resolution video

• Visual cameras combined with motion sensing can be used to improve personnel safety, monitor maintenance teams and provide 24/7 site security and intruder detection.

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• The inaccessible location of cameras on high voltage lines makes them particularly useful for border and homeland security operations.

Renewables Integration

Improve grid resilience to renewable resource integration

• More accurate intermittent forecasts and line sag measurement improves grid capacity for variable loads and optimal utilisation.

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•  Improve the resilience of integration and operation of distributed renewable resources and energy storage systems.