Partnering with Skyports Drone Services & eSmart Systems, “Project VOLT” will see SP ENW install 4 “Drone-in-a-Box” setups at substations in the Lake District, piloted remotely 200+ miles away and providing automated, AI processed data outputs for grid intelligence.
London, UK, September 23, 2026 — Skyports Drone Services (Skyports), a global leader in drone delivery and inspection, is partnering with eSmart Systems and SP Electricity North West (SP ENW) for “Project VOLT” (Visual Overhead Line Tracking) – an innovation pilot programme that will deploy a remotely piloted “Drone-in-a-Box” fault response service on a portion of SP ENW’s network in the Lake District.
The technology has the aim of improving network uptime through rapid fault finding, prevention and continuous asset condition monitoring, with the overall objective of improving customer service, reducing costs and enhancing operational safety, while informing future decision-making for SP ENW and other DNOs.
New technologies to tackle a changing climate
As severe storms become more frequent and destructive, distribution network operators like SP ENW are increasingly at risk of storm damage and onward outages for customers. Identifying the location of these faults after incidents can be problematic, owing to physical access restrictions by foot patrols. Project VOLT looks to overcome these risks with drone technology and AI analytics, providing a rapidly deployable and safer alternative to ground inspections that can speed up emergency responses, getting customers back online quicker.
We’re constantly looking for new ways to deliver a better service for our customers, and the VOLT project has the potential to be a game-changer. By combining advanced drone technology and AI analytics, we can identify issues faster meaning improved response times and quicker restorations, particularly in those hard-to-reach areas. The project also helps us identify any potential damage before it becomes a bigger issue, meaning a safer and more resilient service for the communities we serve.
Next generation drone technologies and remote operations
The project will see 4 “Drone-in-a-Box” setups deployed for 12 months, available 24/7, which will be flown Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), and piloted from Skyports Remote Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire, 200+ miles away. The data captured will then be live streamed into SP ENW’s control center, and analysed by AI through eSmart’s Grid Vision software, helping to quickly identify faults. The service will work alongside SP ENW’s existing fault response processes.
Traditional inspections are largely reactive, relying on manual assessments after issues have developed. Using remotely piloted drones, that can be instantly deployed, allows operators to identify faults much faster and prioritise repairs without delay, ultimately getting customers back online quicker. Through this pilot, we hope to prove a new model for powerline inspections that can be replicated across the country, improving the UK’s overall grid resilience.
Early oversight for preventative maintenance
Beyond providing a rapid fault finding service, the drones will also fly continuous asset condition monitoring patrols along the lengths of powerline adjacent to the substations. With multiple data outputs, analyzed through eSmart Systems Grid Vision, the drones can detect loose connections, insulator damage, overheating & failing hardware and vegetation encroachment. Replacing expensive helicopter surveys, this provides a structured digital asset health baseline, and enables proactive maintenance over reactive fixes, helping to improve the resilience of power networks.
Across Europe we are seeing a clear shift from periodic inspections to continuous grid intelligence. Permanent, efficient remote inspection is not simply a cheaper patrol, it changes what an operator can know about their network. Degradation trends can be followed over time rather than sampled every few years, and a defect is no longer just a finding from a particular day, but part of a trend with direction and speed. When severe storms or wildfires occur, that continuously built understanding of asset condition provides critical context for rapid assessment and recovery. Project VOLT is an excellent example of how resilience and security of supply will be delivered in the years ahead.
Within the project Skyports will be handling regulatory approvals, infrastructure deployment, remote drone piloting and data capture and transfer. eSmart Systems will be responsible for the processing of the drone captured data.
The project is being supported with Ofgem Network Innovation Allowance (NIA) funding, which encourages distribution network operators to carry out innovative projects that focus on the energy system transition and/or address consumer vulnerability.
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is the market leader in computer vision AI for electric utility infrastructure. Founded in Norway and operating globally, eSmart Systems serves 75+ utilities across transmission, distribution, and substation inspection — helping them reduce operational risk, improve reliability, and accelerate the transition to AI-powered grid management. Its flagship product, Grid Vision, industrializes AI-driven inspection at enterprise scale. AI Studio is eSmart Systems’ next-generation platform, opening its proprietary AI capabilities as modular, API-accessible services for utilities, technology companies, and inspection professionals worldwide.
For more information, visit ai.esmartsystems.com or esmartsystems.com
About Skyports Drone Services
Skyports Drone Services is the world’s leading drone airline. We are experts in BVLOS flight for delivery and inspection use cases. We partner with maritime and offshore industries, healthcare providers, infrastructure and asset owners, and public bodies to improve connectivity, safety and sustainability with drone operations. Skyports Drone Services is committed to scaling the drone industry to enable businesses and individuals to reap the rewards of drone technology. Find out more at: www.skyportsdroneservices.co
Substation inspections still run on a calendar. A crew is scheduled, a window is agreed, a switching plan is signed off, and someone walks the yard with a camera and a notebook. That model has held up for decades, and in most networks it still catches what it is designed to catch. The gap is everything that happens between visits.
A bushing that starts running warm goes unnoticed for weeks or months. A fence-line alarm at two in the morning shows movement and nothing else, so it gets written off or somebody gets sent. Oil levels and SF6 pressure sit on analog gauges with no remote read, true only at the moment someone last stood in front of them. Every one of those unknowns becomes a truck, an hour of driving, a job forced into a work schedule that was already full, and a person back inside an energized yard.
In recent years we’ve been working with utility teams in Europe, North America and Australia on testing an alternative. A drone permanently living on site in a dock, or “Drone in a Box” as we like to call it. It flies fixed mission plans on repeat schedules, first with a remote pilot in the loop and then autonomously. Typically, this involves flying the same route, the same standoff distances, the same camera angles and the same thermal captures on every pass. Nobody drives to the site. Nobody enters the yard.
What we’ve observed is that repeatability matters more than autonomy. When two image sets are captured from the same position weeks apart, comparison stops being a judgment call. A hotspot on a transformer bushing is no longer a reading somebody has to interpret against a photograph taken from a different spot last spring. It is a delta. Corrosion on a structure that has spread three centimeters is visible because the frame is identical. That is the point at which condition monitoring becomes something an asset team can act on rather than debate.
Everything the drones capture feeds a digital twin of the site in Grid Vision®, building a navigable image-based model of the yard, where every component sits in its real position and carries its own history. Our AI reviews every frame captured and surfaces defects automatically, from mechanical damage to thermal anomalies, so a certified inspector’s time goes on confirming and prioritizing findings rather than searching for them. Fewer hours in image folders, and fewer reasons to send anyone into an energized yard. Utility teams have been able to stop hunting for problems in image folders and start deciding what to do about the ones already surfaced.
The capabilities of the hardware are no longer the constraint
Docked drones stopped being a concept-project curiosity somewhere around 2025. The DJI Dock 3, launched in February that year, paired a weatherproof station with a drone capable of 50+ minutes of flight time. Skydio followed closely with the X10 Dock aimed squarely at utility work, adding BVLOS support and making the units better equipped for the outdoor elements. The drone-in-a-box market is already estimated to be worth USD 2.1 billion in 2026, heading toward USD 4.4 billion by 2030, with the utility-specific slice forecast to roughly triple by 2034.
These improvements in hardware now mean a new challenge for utilities: you can now generate more imagery in a month than your engineering team could review in a year, and unless something is grading, ranking and tracking that imagery, the dock has simply automated the collection of a backlog.
Evidence is becoming a regulatory requirement
Regulators in Europe and the US are shifting from asking utilities to be resilient to asking them to show it. NIS2 and the Critical Entities Resilience Directive arrived together in December 2022, one covering cyber obligations and incident reporting, the other physical site protection and resilience planning for sabotage and natural hazards. In the US and in Europe, a run of physical attacks on substations has pushed asset resilience up the legislative agenda, and multi-year replacement lead times have sharpened that focus.
A docked drone paired with AI-powered inspections answers both. Every flight leaves a dated, structured record of asset condition that an auditor can follow. When an alarm goes off, the same aircraft is over the yard in minutes rather than after a crew has been found and mobilized. Nobody has to open a gate to produce any of it.
Where to begin?
For utilities weighing this up, four decisions matter more than the choice of dock.
- Pick the sites where failure hurts most and access is hardest, rather than the ones that are easiest to fly.
- Agree on the mission plan before the dock goes in. A route built for a demonstration rarely survives contact with an inspection standard.
- Decide who reviews the AI output and what happens to a confirmed detection. The value shows up in the work order, not the image.
- Expect the first six months to build baseline. Change detection, risk scoring and remaining-life estimates earn their keep in year two.
We expect utilities will increasingly shift from treating inspection as a date in a calendar, to something that is “always on”.
Interested in learning more about incorporating Drone in a Box and AI-powered inspections into your asset monitoring? Request a demo.
As wildfire risk continues to escalate, utilities and regulators are under increasing pressure to reduce risk while maintaining reliability and affordability. This whitepaper brings together insights from leaders across the wildfire ecosystem to explore how integrated, prevention-first technology is enabling smarter decision-making and measurable results.
It examines how connecting intelligence across weather, vegetation, assets, and operations helps organizations move beyond reactive approaches toward proactive, data-driven, and cost-effective wildfire mitigation strategies.
November 2025 – eSmart Systems has launched Verify AI, the first feature powered by its new and patent pending Adaptive AI technology. This advancement accelerates how utilities transform asset data into trusted insights that support safe and reliable grid operations.
Traditional AI has already improved digital inspection workflows. However, utilities still face high volumes of false positives, long deployment timelines, and difficulty tailoring results to local power grid requirements. These challenges impact decision-making and risk management.
Adaptive AI introduces a step change by enabling rapid value from limited or uneven training data. It adapts to each utility’s power grid and standards with minimal effort and improves continuously based on expert feedback.
Verify AI is the first feature based on Adaptive AI and is now available in the Grid Vision® platform. Verify AI strengthens inspection workflows by reducing false positives and elevating only credible issues for review. This creates faster, more trusted results and allows inspectors and asset managers to focus on what matters most.
Adaptive AI will support additional features over time, including new defect detection and inventory capabilities, all designed to scale utility intelligence and improve operational outcomes.
We’re constantly looking for new ways to deliver a better service for our customers, and the VOLT project has the potential to be a game-changer. By combining advanced drone technology and AI analytics, we can identify issues faster meaning improved response times and quicker restorations, particularly in those hard-to-reach areas. The project also helps us identify any potential damage before it becomes a bigger issue, meaning a safer and more resilient service for the communities we serve.
Key benefits include:
- Faster deployment and value realisation
- Reduction in false positives and manual review effort
- Trusted insights aligned to each utility’s standards
- Stronger risk mitigation and prioritisation of critical work
Verify AI is available today in Grid Vision®. More features powered by Adaptive AI will be released in upcoming product iterations.
About eSmart Systems
eSmart Systems is a global leader in AI-powered solutions for the inspection, analysis, and digitalization of critical grid infrastructure. Through our Grid Vision® platform, we help utilities transition from manual inspections to intelligent, image-based asset management, creating a digital inventory of their transmission and distribution networks. This enables improved asset data quality, safer operations, reduced inspection costs, and extended asset life. With more than 20 years of international experience, eSmart Systems supports utilities worldwide in building smarter, more resilient grids for the future.
For more information, visit ai.esmartsystems.com and check out our announcement on the launch of AI Studio by eSmart Systems, incorporating our Adaptive AI technology.
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.
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.
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.
- Inspection as a Service program to deliver full virtual inspection of AllgäuNetz’s distribution network.
- Virtual inspection supported by Artificial Intelligence.
AllgäuNetz the Distribution System Operator in southern Allgäu, Germany is partnering with eSmart Systems to transition their infrastructure inspection from manual to virtual inspection supported by Artificial Intelligence. This move is to emphasize AllgäuNetz’s strategy of integrating more renewables and expanding their intelligent networks and digitalizing their assets and operations to support the energy transition and optimise a high level of security of supply to their customers.
We’re constantly looking for new ways to deliver a better service for our customers, and the VOLT project has the potential to be a game-changer. By combining advanced drone technology and AI analytics, we can identify issues faster meaning improved response times and quicker restorations, particularly in those hard-to-reach areas. The project also helps us identify any potential damage before it becomes a bigger issue, meaning a safer and more resilient service for the communities we serve.
As part of this partnership eSmart Systems will provide the full end-to-end inspection solution from image capture with automated flight patterns and drones to the virtual inspection, which will provide safer, more accurate and efficient visual inspections and will optimize the inspection costs. The program will also build an image-based digital asset alongside the inspection which will support AllgäuNetz to focus on assets based on condition for maintenance and rebuilds.
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 AllgäuNetz GmbH & Co. KG
AllgäuNetz GmbH & Co. KG is the Distribution System Operator in southern Allgäu, Germany, supplying safe and secure electricity to 144,000 customers.
A safe and reliable power supply is an important basis for our society. AllgäuNetz GmbH & Co. KG, as a company belonging to Allgäuer Kraftwerke GmbH, Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH, Energiegenossenschaft eG Mittelberg, Energiebedarf Oberstdorf GmbH and Energiebedarf Oy-Kressen eG, consistently faces up to this responsibility.
With our employees, we are responsible for large parts of the power grid in southern Allgäu. The power grid in operation includes approximately 5,500 km of lines in an area of approximately 1,700 km².
Through the interaction of renewable energies, intelligent network expansion and operation as well as reliable support across the area, we ensure a high level of security of supply.
Together with our private customers, commercial businesses and the communities in southern Allgäu, we work daily on the changing energy landscape and implement the changes together in an innovative and goal-oriented manner.
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 networks. We support utilities globally to reduce inspection costs, make inspections safer, improve the quality of asset data and prolong 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.
