Industry Overview
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Energy Utilities & Power Infrastructure
Energy utilities and public authorities are responsible for electricity infrastructure that must operate continuously, safely, and predictably. Power generation assets, substations, feeders, and distribution networks are often geographically dispersed, partially unmanned, and expected to perform reliably under varying load and environmental conditions.
Rising energy demand, aging electrical infrastructure, electrification of transport, and increasing regulatory scrutiny are placing additional pressure on energy operators. At the same time, utilities are expected to reduce technical losses, maintain power quality, and provide accurate, auditable data to regulators and government stakeholders.
IoT Solutions supports energy utilities with continuous, retrofit monitoring of electricity networks and critical power infrastructure that integrates and enrich existing SCADA systems, providing early warning of abnormal electrical behaviour, improved situational awareness across the grid, and reliable historical data to support maintenance planning, compliance reporting, and long-term investment decisions. Supporting systems such as maintenance fleets, backup generators, and fuel supply are monitored where they directly impact network resilience and outage response.
Key Operational Challenges
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Energy & Power Networks
Energy utilities and power infrastructure operators commonly face the following challenges:
Limited real-time visibility of load behaviour across substations and feeders, making it difficult to detect overloads before faults occur.
Power quality issues such as voltage sags, harmonics, and poor power factor, gradually stressing transformers, switchgear, and sensitive equipment.
Insufficient historical electrical data to support condition-based maintenance, fault analysis, and network planning.
Energy losses across the distribution network, with no clear visibility of where inefficiencies or technical losses originate.
Reactive fault detection, where issues are only identified after outages or customer complaints.
Difficulty prioritising response during outages, without live asset status or location context for maintenance teams.
Manual inspections of remote substations and assets, increasing operational costs and delaying fault detection.
Backup generators assumed to be operational, without continuous verification of runtime, alarms, or fuel availability.
IoT Solutions for Energy Utilities & Power Infrastructure
We provide focused IoT solutions that prioritise energy and water infrastructure monitoring, with additional visibility into supporting systems where service continuity depends on them.
Primary Solutions
Premises & Equipment Energy Management
Monitor electrical load behaviour, power quality, and energy flows across substations, feeders, switchgear, and utility facilities to detect abnormal conditions, reduce losses, and support condition-based maintenance.
Vehicle Fleet & Asset Location Tracking
Provide real-time visibility of maintenance and response fleets to improve coordination, reduce response times, and support outage management.
Supporting Solutions
Industrial Generator Management
Monitor the fuel level, health, runtime, and availability of backup generators supporting substations, control rooms, and critical power sites.
Organisations We Support in Energy & Power Operations
Electricity generation companies
Electricity distribution and grid operators
Energy regulators and public authorities
Substation and power infrastructure operators
Public infrastructure asset owners
Transport hubs with critical power requirements (airports, ports)
Assets & Systems Monitored in Energy Infrastructure
Electrical substations, feeders, and switchgear
Transformers and distribution panels
Street lighting circuits and distribution cabinets
Utility buildings and control rooms
Maintenance and fault-response vehicles
Backup generators and associated fuel tanks