{"id":35,"date":"2018-11-23T18:24:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.remote-inspection.info\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2019-09-19T02:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T00:41:16","slug":"news-and-dissemination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.remote-inspection.info\/index.php\/electric-utility\/remote-inspection-utility-wooden-poles\/news-and-dissemination\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS AND DISSEMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS>Utilization of Hi-tech methods for detecting rotten power posts<\/span><\/h2>\n

Date: 30.11.2018<\/p>\n

NORCE is leading a four-year research project, RIWUP, on sensor technology to simplify power posts inspection process and enhance the identification process of rotten wooden posts for replacement.\u00a0The RIWUP\u00a0 project is partly-financed by the Research Council of Norway<\/a>. Among the project activities, a joint team from NORCE and Agder Enirgi Nett conducted the first round of data collection for analysis within RIWUP project.\u00a0The activity took place in a residential area at Lund in Kristiansand. Advanced radar and thermal scanning technologies were used during the data sampling trip. Manual inspection costs Agder Energi Nett\u00a0 millions of kroners every year, as the process requires individual inspection of power wooden posts in wide areas. The radar and thermal scanning technologies are to be used for remote inspection form the air in the foreseen future. Agder Enirgi Nett is looking to use these technologies for examining the health of over 200,000 power poles that comprise its grid in the region.\u00a0The possibility of scanning the wooden posts automatically by helicopter or drones, will lead to large savings for the energy company.\u00a0 could be saved.<\/p>\n

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