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Spottitt MF free beta program winners announcement!

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Spottitt is happy to announce two winners of free proof of concepts (POCs). With the Spottitt MF beta program, Spottitt gave the chance to two utility network operators to get a free high-resolution analysis of 100 km of assets.

Spottitt MF is the new product that employs the latest AI technology to transform satellite data into accurate and insightful metrics on every cm of critical infrastructure. This allows asset and O&M managers to shift to risk-based monitoring at scale and boost companies’ digitalization journey. 

The winners are:

  • Axpo. Axpo is Switzerland’s largest producer of renewable energy and an international leader in energy trading and the marketing of solar and wind power. The company is driven by a passion for innovation, collaboration and impactful change.  Using cutting-edge technologies, Axpo innovates to meet the evolving needs of its customers in over 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia. 
  • SPP-Distribucia. The company is an owner and operator of the distribution network that provides approximately 98% of the total distributed volume of natural gas in the Slovak Republic. The mission of SPP – distribúcia is the technically safe, reliable supply and, at the same time, economically efficient distribution of natural gas. The center of the company’s interest is the deepening of know-how in the field of natural gas distribution and the development of distribution assets. proof of concept
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Since the start of the beta program in June, we received applications from more than 20 utility companies from 10+ countries worldwide. Among them are private and municipal, power and gas operators. The Spottitt team conducted dozens of follow-up meetings with applicants digging deeper into their expectations and making sure our product will fit their needs in the best possible way. 

Niccolo Teodori, Spottitt Chief Growth Officer: “We live in a world where climate change is causing serious performance and reliability issues for utility networks. Governments and consumers are expecting rising levels of security, reliability and performance. The launch of our Spottitt MF beta program has proven that organizations of all sizes, from all over the world, are doing their best to find new ways to get accurate and scalable monitoring of their power and gas distribution assets, in order to seriously move towards risk-based maintenance”.

In the coming days, Spottitt will start running high-resolution image capture and analyses for areas, which operators have chosen to monitor. Until the end of 2022, the winners will have access to the Spottitt MF platform, where they will be able to manipulate analytics in a way that is easy to understand, download and integrate.

We are looking forward to the start of the POC projects and are happy that more and more companies explore the benefits of satellite-based analytics to monitor and improve the resilience of their assets.

Niccolo Teodori
Niccolo Teodori

Spottitt Chief Growth Officer

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