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eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Our Grid Vision solution provides a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections and asset management.
Discover how Grid Vision is revolutionizing infrastructure inspections for top energy providers at our stand 5.L12.
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Repower which produces and distributes power to more than 48,000 customers in Switzerland, has partnered with eSmart Systems to digitalize and automate their grid inspection process. The program will utilize eSmart Systems’ Grid Vision® solution, which supports the full inspection and maintenance workflow with AI.
- Transitioning Repower’s grid inspections from manual to automated powered by AI.
- Grid Vision AI-supported software will be used to inspect their HV and MV grid.
- eSmart Systems will deliver inspection services for Repower AG’s overhead lines over the course of the partnership.
This partnership will enable Repower to provide safer, more accurate and efficient inspections that will provide greater visibility into their grid assets to support their asset management strategies for grid resiliency and reliability to support growing demand and transition to low carbon generation.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
eSmart Systems will deliver the program as an inspection as a service and will utilize drones for the image capture with automated flight patterns to ensure the data is captured consistently and accurately with improved safety. For this program the actual grid inspection will be conducted within Grid Vision powered by AI and eSmart Systems will be working with regional drone operators for the image capture.
Repower has a clear ambition to improve their grid asset inspection and asset data to support the resiliency of their grid. We are excited to be part of their journey and look forward to delivering efficiencies and digitization of powerline inspections for Repower.
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. With our software solution Grid Vision® we revolutionize how utility companies operate and maintain transmission and distribution networks. eSmart Systems offers a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections that can be managed from a single platform. We support companies worldwide by ensuring reduced costs, safer inspections, and prolonged asset life.
About Repower
Repower is an international energy utility with its operational headquarters in Poschiavo. (Graubünden, Switzerland). Repower has been operating as an electricity producer, distribution grid operator and energy trader for more than 100 years. Its key markets are Switzerland and Italy.
Repower builds, operates and maintains distribution grids, substations, transformer stations, kiosks and supply lines right up to the house connection in Prättigau/Rhine Valley, Engadine/Valposchiavo and Surselva. The total length of the grid managed by Repower is around 3,000 kilometres.
eSmart Systems, a leading provider of AI-powered services and solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure, has signed a partnership with Naya, a Norway-based company with an all-female organization in Dehradun, India, created to ensure the ethical labelling of AI.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
For AI to work successfully for infrastructure inspections it needs a lot of training and annotations. With the rapid growth in the AI market, organizations are using a lot of services that are unethical where employees are underpaid with extremely low wages and inadequate working conditions. Naya looks to address this by providing services conducted by women in India in a safe environment, giving them opportunities for growth, educational development and to foster brighter futures for young women.
At eSmart Systems as part of our commitment to sustainability and our core values, we are not only measured by what value we create, but by how we create it. Ensuring we deliver solutions in the most ethical and sustainable way is of upmost importance. We are delighted to be partnering with Naya and look forward to seeing the positive impact of our partnership. This initiative also supports our ambition to contribute to the goals of UN Global Compact, and aligns with the values of our owners for contributing to diversity and opportunity for everybody.
The partnership will see eSmart Systems and Naya working together on eSmart Systems’ Grid Vision® solution and will accelerate the growth of AI models and performance of those models, which will deliver value to their customers by reducing inspection costs, improving inspection safety, improving accuracy of asset data and prolonging asset life. The work will be performed in accordance with the high information security standard set up by the eSmart Systems Management System (Certified according to ISO 27001:2022).
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. With our software solution, Grid Vision® we revolutionize how utility companies operate and maintain their transmission and distribution grids. We support utilities globally to reduce inspection costs, make inspections safer, improve the quality of asset data and prolong asset life by providing an image-based digital inventory representing all physical grid assets. eSmart Systems has more than 20 years of international experience in establishing and operating knowledge-based, leading IT and energy-related companies targeting global markets.
About the Naya
Naya is a social impact startup that combines social sustainability and AI development by employing women from Indian slum areas. We offer high-quality annotation services to customers developing machine-learning models and NAYA employs impoverished women from slum areas (currently in Northern India) to complete the annotation tasks.
Our Indian colleagues are given dignified work, proper pay, and an opportunity to break out of generational poverty. Naya operates from its main office in Dehradun, India, comprising a team of 10 skilled professionals, with our headquarters situated in Trondheim, Norway. We specialize in serving the European and Norwegian markets. Recognized for our expertise, we were awarded 1 million NOK by Innovation Norway in April 2023. For more information visit: https://www.naya.no/
Repower produziert und verteilt Strom an mehr als 48’000 Kundinnen und Kunden in der Schweiz und hat sich mit eSmart Systems zusammengetan, um ihren Netzinspektionsprozess zu digitalisieren und zu automatisieren. Das Programm wird die Softwarelösung Grid Vision® von eSmart Systems nutzen, die den gesamten Inspektionsworkflow mit KI unterstützt und gleichzeitig digitalisiert.
- Umstellung der Netzinspektionen von Repower von manuell auf automatisiert mit KI.
- Die KI-gestützte Software von Grid Vision wird verwendet, um ihr Hoch- und Mittelspannungsnetz zu inspizieren.
- eSmart Systems wird im Rahmen der Partnerschaft Inspektionsdienstleistungen für die Freileitungen der Repower AG erbringen.
Diese Partnerschaft wird es Repower ermöglichen, sicherere, genauere und effizientere Inspektionen durchzuführen, die einen besseren Einblick in ihr Hoch- und Mittelspannungsnetz bieten, um ihre Asset-Management-Strategien für Netzstabilität und -zuverlässigkeit zu unterstützen. Damit wird Repower gewappnet sein, den wachsenden Ansprüchen an das Netz zu genügen und den Übergang zu einer kohlenstoffarmen Erzeugung zu unterstützen.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
eSmart Systems wird das Programm als Inspektionsdienstleistung anbieten. Hierbei werden Drohnen für die Bilderfassung mit automatisierten Flugmustern eingesetzt, um sicherzustellen, dass die Datenpräzision und -Konsistenz, sowie die Arbeitssicherheit gewährleistet und optimiert wird.
Die Inspektion der Repower Freileitung wird mittels der KI gestützten Software Grid Vision, durchgeführt. Die Inspektionsergebnisse werden innerhalb der Grid Vision aufbereitet und digitalisiert. eSmart Systems wird zusätzlich einen regionalen Drohnenbetreiber für die Bildaufnahme mittels automatisierter Flugmuster schulen.
Repower has a clear ambition to improve their grid asset inspection and asset data to support the resiliency of their grid. We are excited to be part of their journey and look forward to delivering efficiencies and digitization of powerline inspections for Repower.
Über eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems ist ein führender Anbieter von KI-gestützten Lösungen für die Inspektion und Wartung kritischer Infrastrukturen. Mit unserer Softwarelösung Grid Vision revolutionieren wir die Art und Weise, wie Versorgungsunternehmen Übertragungs- und Verteilungsnetze betreiben und warten. eSmart Systems bietet einen datengesteuerten und zustandsbasierten Ansatz für Infrastrukturinspektionen, der von einer einzigen Plattform aus verwaltet werden kann. Wir unterstützen Unternehmen weltweit, indem wir für reduzierte Kosten, sicherere Inspektionen und eine längere Lebensdauer der Anlagen sorgen.
Über Repower
Repower ist ein international tätiges Energieversorgungsunternehmen mit operativem Hauptsitz in Poschiavo. (Graubünden, Schweiz). Repower ist seit mehr als 100 Jahren als Stromerzeugerin, Verteilnetzbetreiberin und Energiehändlerin tätig. Die wichtigsten Märkte sind die Schweiz und Italien.
Repower baut, betreibt und unterhält Verteilnetze, Unterwerke, Trafostationen, Verteilkabinen und Versorgungsleitungen bis zum Hausanschluss im Prättigau/Rheintal, im Engadin und in der Surselva. Die Gesamtlänge des von Repower verwalteten Netzes beträgt rund 3’000 Kilometer.
eSmart Systems, a global leader in AI-based solutions for inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure, signs a contract with Alliander, to increase safety and optimize asset utilization within their existing energy network.
The contract, with a minimum value of 10 million euro, covers an Inspection as a Service (IaaS) solution for Alliander, one of the largest energy network distributors in The Netherlands.
The AI-supported service includes a full image-based digital inventory of all Alliander’s ~60.000 substations and cable cabinets, used to secure full regulatory compliance and safety to the public for all of their assets.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
eSmart Systems’ AI-supported software will enable Alliander to analyse technical conditions, predict and improve their asset management processes, including maintenance of its infrastructure assets over time. The solution provides Alliander with improved quality of their asset data of their distribution network, which will further unlock value in terms of capital spending, lowering carbon footprint, improving risk management including compliance with safe-to touch regulation.
eSmart Systems’ customer portfolio includes several of the world’s largest energy companies, such as Statnett, Naturgy, Xcel Energy and E.ON. With this new contract the company expects to both double its annual revenue and ramp up its global recruitment initiatives.
Repower has a clear ambition to improve their grid asset inspection and asset data to support the resiliency of their grid. We are excited to be part of their journey and look forward to delivering efficiencies and digitization of powerline inspections for Repower.
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. We are headquartered in Halden, Norway and serve around 50+ utilities globally.
With our Grid Vision® portfolio, we provide Inspection Management and Asset Information Management solutions and services to utilities globally. Grid Vision provides a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections and support utilities to reduce inspection costs, improve inspection safety, improve the quality of asset data and prolong asset life.
About the Alliander Group
Alliander group is responsible for distributing gas and electricity to 3.2 million homes and businesses in the Netherlands. We operate 90.000km electricity grid and a 40.000km gas network across six regions including Amsterdam, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, North Holland and South Holland.
We are committed to running a reliable energy supply to ensure that living, working and travelling remain viable in the future by developing sustainable grid technologies, innovative metering solutions and intelligent energy infrastructures. We take great pride in our networks being among the world’s most reliable. Our 7.000 colleagues make sure the lights are on, homes are heated, and businesses can keep operating.
- This program aims to digitalize the inspection process and improve grid resiliency.
- 5-year framework agreement with eSmart Systems, Fugro and GeoAerospace.
- Grid Vision® software will support ESB’s digitalization journey through delivering a digital representation of their physical grid through image-based digital asset.
Through a UAV Inspection Services Framework Contract, ESB will be inspecting up to 10.000 structures over 5 years ranging between 38kV to 400kV, through a virtual inspection program partnering with Fugro, GeoAerospace and eSmart Systems. This program will automate and digitalize their current inspections and will provide ESB with a conditional assessment of their towers as well as general condition analysis of their grid.
We are excited to accelerate our digitalization journey and were impressed with eSmart Systems virtual inspection software. With Fugro, GeoAerospace and eSmartSystems, we will gain efficiency through an end-to-end virtual inspection program, saving us time and costs associated with field visits, as well as reducing our carbon footprint, and supporting our goal to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2040.
The framework managed by ESB Engineering and Major Projects will include Fugro as service provider and partners GeoAerospace will be flying drones to capture images of the infrastructure. eSmart Systems will conduct the virtual inspection supported by AI within their Grid Vision software. The program will create an image-based digital asset within the Grid Vision software that will represent ESB’s physical grid. This will support ESB to gain value beyond the inspection by providing their teams with a digital representation of their physical infrastructure at their desk unlocking new efficiency gains and in turn reducing reactive maintenance.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
About ESB
At ESB, we are licensed to build, operate, maintain and develop the electricity network in the Republic of Ireland. We are driven to make a difference by achieving zero carbon emissions by 2040.
We are committed to leading the transition to a reliable, affordable, net zero energy future. A future that protects our customers and the economy by maintaining the security and affordability of energy.
About Fugro
Fugro is the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, collecting and analysing comprehensive information about the Earth and the structures built upon it.
Through mapping, modelling and monitoring the built and natural environments we create a safe, liveable world.
About GeoAerospace
Founded in 2016, GeoAerospace is a university spin-out geospatial technology company comprising commercial pilots, drone operators, surveyors, geospatial scientists, platform developers and software engineers. With many of our staff originating from the National Centre for Geocomputation & Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University, we strive to be at the cutting edge of geospatial and remote sensing technologies.
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered services and solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure.
With our Grid Vision solutions we revolutionize how power utilities operate and maintain their generation plants, transmission and distribution networks.
Our solutions provide a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections and asset management decisions. We support utilities globally to reduce inspection costs, improve inspection safety, improve asset data and prolonged asset life. eSmart Systems has more than 20 years of international experience in establishing and operating knowledge-based, leading IT and energy-related companies targeting global markets.
Norske eSmart Systems, en global leder innen AI-baserte løsninger for inspeksjon og vedlikehold av samfunnskritisk infrastruktur, har signert en kontrakt med Alliander. Oppdraget har som formål å øke sikkerheten og optimalisere utnyttelsen av Allianders eksisterende strømnett i Nederland.
Kontrakten, som har en minimumsverdi på 120 millioner kroner, omfatter tjenester med tilhørende programvare for inspeksjon av distribusjonsnettet til Alliander, en av de største energileverandørene i Nederland.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
eSmart Systems skal levere en fullstendig, bildebasert, digital anleggsoversikt over Allianders nærmere 60.000 nettstasjoner og kabelskap. Det vil gjøre det mulig for selskapet å analysere tekniske forhold, forutsi og forbedre prosesser for forvaltning av strømnettet, inkludert vedlikehold, samtidig som det kan bidra til lavere kapitalutgifter og en reduksjon av karbonavtrykket.
– Vi er utrolig stolte av å få arbeide med et teknologidrevet foregangsselskap som Alliander. Gjennom dette samarbeidet får vi vist frem hvordan våre konkurransefortrinn innen AI-drevet programvare, teknologisk innovasjon og unike tjenestetilbud kan støtte avgjørende nettvekst, samt tilføre bærekraftig verdi til våre kunder, sier Henrik Bache.
eSmart Systems, som blant annet har Nysnø Climate Investments, Equinor Ventures og Kongsberg Gruppen inne på eiersiden, har fra før en kundeportefølje som omfatter flere av verdens største energiselskaper, deriblant Statnett, Naturgy, Xcel Energy og E.ON.
Med denne kontrakten forventer selskapet tilnærmet å doble sin omsetning i 2024, samt styrke organisasjonen på tvers av landegrenser.
Repower has a clear ambition to improve their grid asset inspection and asset data to support the resiliency of their grid. We are excited to be part of their journey and look forward to delivering efficiencies and digitization of powerline inspections for Repower.
Om eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems er en ledende leverandør av AI-drevne løsninger for inspeksjon og vedlikehold av kritisk infrastruktur. Selskapet har hovedkontor i Halden i Norge og har mer enn 50 kunder globalt.
Med programvareløsningen Grid Vision® revolusjonerer selskapet hvordan strømleverandører driver og vedlikeholder sine nett. Grid Vision®er en digital plattform for virtuell inspeksjon av strømnettet på en langt mer effektiv måte enn historisk metodikk. Plattformen sikrer også datakvalitet og lagring av tilstandsvurderinger. eSmart Systems hjelper bedrifter over hele verden med å forbedre datakvalitet, redusere kostnader, forbedre sikkerhet gjennom sikrere inspeksjoner og bidra til lengre levetid for samfunnskritisk infrastruktur.
Om Alliander Group
Alliander-gruppen er ansvarlig for distribusjon av gass og elektrisitet til 3.2 millioner hjem og bedrifter i Nederland. Vi driver 90.000 km elektrisitetsnett og et 40.000 km gassnettverk i seks regioner, inkludert Amsterdam, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Nord-Holland og Sør-Holland. Vår forpliktelse er pålitelig energiforsyning for å sikre at det å bo, jobbe og reise forblir bærekraftig i fremtiden. Det gjør vi ved å utvikle bærekraftige teknologier, innovative måleløsninger og intelligent energiinfrastruktur. Vi er stolte av at nettverkene våre er blant verdens mest pålitelige. Våre 7.000 kolleger sørger for at lysene er på, hjemmene er oppvarmet, og at bedrifter kan fortsette sin virksomhet.
Schedule a demo at Enlit Europe 2024 and witness the power of Grid Vision®
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Our Grid Vision solution provides a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections and asset management.
Discover how Grid Vision is revolutionizing infrastructure inspections for top energy providers at our stand 5.L12.
If you do not already have a ticket to Enlit Europe 2024, we are pleased to offer you a free Expo Pass or discounted Summit Pass through the link below.
eSmart Systems and envelio are excited to announce their partnership to support utilities with their asset management and grid planning decisions.
eSmart Systems’ Grid Vision® solution powered by AI enables utilities to scale virtual inspections and grid inventory while digitalizing transmission and distribution assets with an image-based digital asset, combining inspection data, substation assets, metadata and grid topology to provide actionable insights and downstream value beyond the inspection.
envelio’s Intelligent Grid Platform empowers utilities by delivering a digital twin of the distribution grids. The platform unites relevant grid data from multiple sources into one platform to digitalize and automate grid planning and grid operation processes. Applications like Grid Planning and Grid Study enable the evaluation of future scenarios and their effect on the power grids. The results can then be used for strategic grid planning.
Bringing the two solutions together unlocks a powerful combination of an accurate image-based digital asset with the digital twin, resulting in a knowledge-based platform to support utilities to break down silos between grid operations, investment planning and condition monitoring to provide holistic and accurate information on the conditional and physical state of the grid. Based on these additional insights on the power flow and mechanical asset data combined, utilities can enable improved maintenance and inspection planning, support unplanned outage response and improve long term asset investments and strategic grid planning for their power grids.
The energy industry faces specific challenges such as reducing risks in the power supply, and improving grid planning processes, to name a few. Repower appreciates the benefits of Grid Vision not only to achieve efficiency gains within our day-to-day inspection processes and to achieve higher quality, but also to gain deeper insights into our assets. This supports us in managing medium- and long-term maintenance plans and our investment strategy.
Innovation partnerships like the one with eSmart Systems are the key to the energy transition. Together we create a solution with a technological best-of-breed approach that enables cost-optimized and accelerated asset management and expansion planning of the power grids and thereby supporting grid operators in meeting the challenges of the energy transition.
Schedule a demo at Enlit Europe 2024 and witness the power of Grid Vision®
eSmart Systems is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Our Grid Vision solution provides a data-driven and condition-based approach to infrastructure inspections and asset management.
Discover how Grid Vision is revolutionizing infrastructure inspections for top energy providers at our stand 5.L12.
If you do not already have a ticket to Enlit Europe 2024, we are pleased to offer you a free Expo Pass or discounted Summit Pass through the link below.