Automating Utility Pole Recognition & Inspection with Computer Vision
Computer vision offers significant cost savings by way of scalability and automation. The true art of any AI application comes down to how a data…
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Three Things to Know About Power System Flexibility
Utilities in the United States have increasingly recognized the many benefits of power system flexibility and are developing their own services. Flexibility market development has…
Using Satellite Imagery to Identify 37 Different Species of Vegetation and Reduce Risk
A case study by Red Eléctrica de España, Elewit and Overstory. Which tree, of the millions that are located near power lines, could be the…
The Role of Distributed Intelligence in Addressing Grid Challenges
Distributed intelligence capability is a key pillar for utilities to building a broad solution—a distributed intelligence platform applies analysis, decision-making and action where it is…
How effective is your Data Model in supporting Enterprise Analytics?
An enterprise data model will help utilities drive value out of the data platform in fulfilling the holistic approach of semantic reconciliation, sourcing and data…
Bringing Automated Inspection From Concept to Scale by “Closing the Loop”
Computer vision and the quickly evolving field of drones and robotics for inspection have become key figures in the race to realize automated operations across…
Artificial Intelligence: How good is good enough?
Artificial intelligence is a great tool for specific purposes but it’s not a panacea for grid automation. Speak with any data scientist about artificial intelligence…
Why Satellite-Informed Vegetation Management is Rapidly Becoming the New Industry Standard
Satellites offer the utility industry enormous opportunities in the area of vegetation management. Students graduating from universities today most likely have never used a paper…
Using Data Visualization to Realize Return on Smart Grid Investments
Data visualization software can help utilities visualize the return on smart grid investments and show how much change smart grid technologies bring. Data visualization is…
Three Problems Data Can Solve for Utilities—And One it Can’t
Apply data and analytics to solve these common challenges No utility has a perfect data and analytics strategy. There are simply too many problems to…