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Drone data helps a Minnesota city conserve energy

Renewable Energy World

Warren, a small city in Northern Minnesota, is offering an innovative public service: images that reveal building heat loss, captured by drones. Mortenson and the city partnered with a community college to pilot a novel project; the college, using drones and thermal cameras, captures images that display energy leaks in homes and businesses.

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Predictive AI for T&D: How automated inspections optimise electric power systems and contain costs

Smart Energy International

The process begins with a drone or crewed aircraft equipped with a combination of data capture technologies: thermal sensing, computer vision, high-definition photography and geo-positioning flying over the T&D line. An AI-driven platform can automatically upload, tag, organise and analyse multiple data types and sources.

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‘I’ve quit drinking the water’: What it’s like to live next to America’s largest coal plant

Grist

” A local salon was also tagged with a message accusing Georgia Power of “telling a lie” to residents about the plant’s health risks. Hilburn flew a drone overhead, captured images, and complained to state officials. In 2018, graffiti appeared on a stop sign near Plant Scherer with the phrase “Save Juliette.”