Helping Utility Companies Leverage Digital and Green Technologies

to Achieve a More Sustainable World

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Contents

• The Utility Industry’s Key Challenges & Opportunities

• Green & Digital Technology to the Rescue
• Harnessing the Wealth of Intelligent Visual Analytics & Intelligence
• The Hitachi Advantage

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The Utility Industry’s Key Challenges & Opportunities

Today, utilities are trying to manage weather-related power

outages and climate-related damage to the aging grid
infrastructure that was designed for past climates.

The good news, however, is that there are now many

technological advances that will help utilities not only manage
the vulnerabilities that future climate change will bring, but
also thrive in an increasingly unpredictable environment -
while becoming better stewards of a greener future.

New remote-friendly technology, such as automated

intelligent image analysis, focuses on reducing the risk of
catastrophic events, which not only leads to increased public
safety, but also makes a significant contribution to improving
the monitoring, maintenance and reliability of critical
infrastructure, such as power grids.

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Green & Digital Technology to the Rescue

New technologies have been developed to automatically

harness the ever-increasing visual data from video or
imagery feeds to help utilities monitor all aspects of their
operations, even in the most remote corners of their grids.

With AI-based predictive analytics applied to massive

quantities of readily available imagery data, utilities can
easily and quickly assess and remediate risks before
outages occur.

Digital technologies from Hitachi, such as the

Lumada Inspection Insights can provide a complete solution
that incorporates cameras, sensors, gateways, edge and
cloud data analytics and operations capabilities, enabling
utilities to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing
climate.

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Harnessing the Wealth of Intelligent Visual Analytics & Intelligence

Lumada Inspection Insights offers a comprehensive portfolio of digital visual intelligence solutions that includes:

Image-based inspection and

Vegetation Management solution Mapping Solutions
monitoring solutions

Asset inspection and infrastructure
monitoring solutions that use
artificial intelligence to quickly and
effectively analyse large volumes of
imagery data to enable utilities to
remotely monitor and inspect
critical infrastructure.
This solution, which primarily uses A single interactive, easy-to-use
imagery from satellites, improves geospatial view facilitates informed
the ability of energy companies to decisions and immediate action
manage and plan vegetation against any threats to the grid.
pruning that in turn increases grid
reliability while reducing truck rolls
and CO2 emissions.

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The Hitachi Advantage

Hitachi is applying AI to the utility industry through visual intelligence

solutions to automate the inspection of power grid infrastructure
and assets, increasing their reliability, safety and resilience.

With Lumada Inspection Insights from Hitachi, utilities can use

satellite-based imagery and video data analytics to identify assets,
assess health, and quantify risks due to current and future climate-
related challenges.

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