Drones - Energy Magazine https://www.energymagazine.com.au/asset-management/drones/ A thought-leading, technology-neutral magazine, helping the industry answer some of the critical questions it is currently grappling with Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:25:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Drones to make transmission network inspections safer https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-to-make-transmission-network-inspections-safer/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-to-make-transmission-network-inspections-safer/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:25:36 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=43226 Transgrid has announced that it will soon be making use of new drone technology for the inspection of transmission towers, […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-to-make-transmission-network-inspections-safer/feed/ 0 DJI’S one-two punch slashing project times https://www.energymagazine.com.au/djis-one-two-punch-slashing-project-times/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/djis-one-two-punch-slashing-project-times/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:18:23 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=39621 DJI’s latest release, the Matrice 300 RTK drone, combines the long flight time of the Matrice 300 with the new […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/djis-one-two-punch-slashing-project-times/feed/ 0 Drones utilised to install QLD transmission lines https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-utilised-to-install-qld-transmission-lines/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-utilised-to-install-qld-transmission-lines/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:03:40 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=39221 Powerlink has employed the use of drone technology to string transmission lines between the tallest towers on its statewide network […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-utilised-to-install-qld-transmission-lines/feed/ 0 Powercor tests new drone tech for powerline checks https://www.energymagazine.com.au/powercor-tests-new-drone-tech-for-powerline-checks/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/powercor-tests-new-drone-tech-for-powerline-checks/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:30:12 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=33607 The latest drone technology is being used to monitor the quality of network assets, in a recent trial conducted by […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/powercor-tests-new-drone-tech-for-powerline-checks/feed/ 0 How drones and AI are changing solar farm management https://www.energymagazine.com.au/how-drones-and-ai-are-changing-solar-farm-management/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/how-drones-and-ai-are-changing-solar-farm-management/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:20:27 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=29838 Not only can AI-driven drone data management pinpoint faults down to an individual panel level, solar farm owners can also […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/how-drones-and-ai-are-changing-solar-farm-management/feed/ 0 Bringing high-tech drones to Queensland https://www.energymagazine.com.au/bringing-high-tech-drones-to-queensland/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/bringing-high-tech-drones-to-queensland/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:45:49 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=29831 The Queensland Government is building a $14.5 million commercial drone flight testing facility at Cloncurry Airport in the state’s north-west, […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/bringing-high-tech-drones-to-queensland/feed/ 0 Western Power undertakes visual inspection drone trials https://www.energymagazine.com.au/western-power-undertakes-visual-inspection-drone-trials/ https://www.energymagazine.com.au/western-power-undertakes-visual-inspection-drone-trials/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:00:52 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=25927 Western Power has commenced a trial of drones to undertake visual inspections of faults around its electricity grid. As part […]

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]]> https://www.energymagazine.com.au/western-power-undertakes-visual-inspection-drone-trials/feed/ 0 Drone shot down during maintenance https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drone-shot-down-during-maintenance/ Mon, 18 Feb 2019 01:13:39 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=23721 According to The Age, one of Evoenergy’s maintenance drones believed to be worth almost $500,000 was shot down near Apollo […]

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]]> Drones to deal with network damage https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drones-to-deal-with-network-damage/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 02:00:01 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=22154 Restoring power after natural disasters could soon be easier, with drones set to assist in inspecting and repairing damage to […]

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]]> Drone autonomy for improved power pole inspection https://www.energymagazine.com.au/drone-autonomy-for-improved-power-pole-inspection/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 23:00:46 +0000 https://www.energymagazine.com.au/?p=21868 The energy industry is already enjoying some of the benefits drone technology is able to provide, but now a team […]

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