Hitachi launches new digital solution
Switzerland, Zurich: Hitachi, Ltd. has announced the launch of Lumada Inspection Insights, its end-to-end portfolio of digital asset monitoring solutions.
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Switzerland, Zurich: Hitachi, Ltd. has announced the launch of Lumada Inspection Insights, its end-to-end portfolio of digital asset monitoring solutions.
Pioneered by Hitachi Energy and Hitachi Vantara, the solution enables customers to automate asset inspection, support sustainability goals, improve physical security, and reduce risks and impacts related to storms or fires by using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse photographs and video, including LiDAR, thermal and satellite imagery.
The company is also focused on growing its IT/OT/Products business through constant portfolio transformation.
The new Lumada Inspection Insights portfolio addresses various root causes of failures and forced shutdowns by deploying AI and machine learning (ML) to analyse a wide spectrum of image types, assets and risks. Predictive analytics assesses the risks to operations or environment, and organizations can streamline remediation before outages occur.
“In collaboration with Hitachi Vantara, we are delighted to launch the Lumada Inspection Insights portfolio, which gives industrial organizations the tools they need to get the right information to the right teams when they need it most. The result is improved reliability, safety, and sustainability,” said Massimo Danieli, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy’s Grid Automation business.
Utilities around the world are dealing with unprecedented climate-related challenges. In 2021, global wildfires generated an estimated total of 6,450 megatons of CO2 equivalent – approximately 148 percent more than the EU’s total fossil fuel emissions in 2020. These wildfires and other extreme weather events also take a significant toll on transmission lines and other utility assets, threatening worker safety and grid reliability.
“Inspection, planning and monitoring are among the most critical tasks utilities undertake to maintain grid reliability and resiliency,” said John Villali, Research Director, IDC Energy Insights.
Source: Hitachi Energy
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