Applications
- 11.4.1 Transmission Asset Monitoring — Continuous satellite surveillance of high-voltage transmission towers, conductors and rights-of-way to detect structural faults, sag, encroachment and thermal anomalies before they cause outages.
- 11.4.2 Vegetation-Caused Outage Risk — Mapping encroaching trees and shrubs along transmission corridors to predict and prevent vegetation-caused faults before they cascade into blackouts.
- 11.4.3 Substation Health Indicators — Using satellite thermal infrared and SAR imagery to detect anomalous heat signatures, subsidence and structural stress at high-voltage substations before they cascade into outages.
- 11.4.4 Storm Damage Triage — Rapidly mapping storm-caused damage to electricity grid infrastructure using post-event satellite SAR and optical imagery to prioritise restoration crews.
- 11.4.5 Demand-Side Heat & Cold Forecasting — Using satellite-derived land surface temperature, urban heat mapping and atmospheric sounding to forecast electricity and heating demand peaks before they destabilise the grid.