Spottitt is excited to announce its involvement in the delivery of one of only 18 projects selected to receive just under 400k GBP Alpha Phase SIF (Strategic Innovation Fund) funding. The funding is awarded by Ofgem and Innovate UK and aims to find and fund ambitious, innovative projects with the potential to accelerate the transition to net zero. These projects aim to help shape the future of the gas and electricity networks across the UK and beyond.
Spottitt will be working with project partners National Grid Energy Transmission, National Grid Gas Transmission, Spottitt, DNV and Cranfield University on the ‘Eye in the Sky’ project, which brings forward 3 exciting asset monitoring use cases:
At maturity, NGET has estimated that these innovations could deliver 22 million GBP (NPV over 10 years) value to NGET and its customers through a combination of cost savings by replacing manual ground and aerial monitoring, and cost avoidance through increased risk awareness.
Mr. Sean Colman, NGET’s Deeside Centre for Innovation Manager has this to say about the project: “Eye in the Sky is a really exciting prospect of utilising satellites to complete real-time visual inspections of land changes that affect our assets. If a change is detected, then it has the potential to inform an Engineer on the ground who can then inspect the data to make a more informed decision on how to manage the risk to assets. This is currently done manually, which is a very labour-intensive and costly process.”
The project will run for 6 months till the end of Jan 2023. During this time concepts will be trialled, data captured along 2800 km of network and a detailed roadmap developed for integration and further development.
As experts in satellite-derived infrastructure monitoring, Spottitt is leading the monitoring trials, data capture and analysis elements of the project. If you are interested to find out more about this project and the partners involved, please do get in touch with Spottitt CEO and FIRE EO Evangelist for Infrastructure Lucy Kennedy.
Spottitt CEO and FIRE EO Evangelist for Infrastructure
Throughout years, infrastructure monitoring has progressed from manual field inspections to advanced remote sensing using satellites, drones, LIDAR, and AI-powered analytics.
Each technology brings distinct advantages and limitations, making the choice complex.
This comparison sheet offers an overview of technologies to help identify the best-fit solutions for linear infrastructure owners and operators.
Welcome to your monthly roundup of the latest updates from the Spottitt Metrics Factory platform. As always, we’re working to make your asset risk analytics experience more insightful, flexible and faster.
Future Climate Data Models Now Integrated
Understanding how climate change affects infrastructure is no longer limited to the past or current. Spottitt MF now integrates future climate scenario models, based on global models developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Welcome to Spottitt “Let’s Talk Satellite EO Data” eBook – your ultimate guide to understanding satellite-derived data types, their applications in asset monitoring, of the different types of data providers, and practical tips for navigating the challenges of using remote sensing data.
This resource is designed to help you make well-informed decisions about the use and integration of EO data, ultimately to ensure the safety and performance of your critical infrastructure.
At Spottitt, we’re constantly working to enhance your experience with our analytics platform, by making data visualization and reporting more intuitive, flexible, and insightful. This month, we’re introducing several updates which give you even more control and customization.
🌍 Your Free Climate Data Now Displayed as a Gradient Layer in a Map Format
Just like our other data layers, your free climate data can now be viewed on the map in a compact gradient color format. While generating a report on how each climate parameter impacts your assets is the best way to match this data to your assets and can be nice to view these data layers – helping you assess environmental exposure at a glance.
The upgraded Spottitt platform now empowers users to customize reports in a single step, using multiple data layer types, filters, and display preferences.
Layer types refer to the specific input data leveraged for a monitoring use case.
Depending on the source data purchased through Spottitt MF, the available layer types might include but are not limited to: Optical Vegetation and Man Made Classes, Wind, Precipitation and Temperature Classes, SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Land & Asset Motion Classes, Digital Elevation Data Classes.
As climate change intensifies and extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, it’s clear that understanding climate and weather variables is no longer just a ‘nice to have’ for asset owners. Recent disasters all over the globe, including the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, USA, only emphasise the necessity of integrating climate and weather data into asset monitoring workflows.
Building on our past successful climate impact analytics projects, such as updating severe weather maps for SPEN, we are thrilled to announce the coming soon launch of Spottitt Metrics Factory 2.0.
