Dubai to use satellite IoT terminals for utility industry

Dubai’s Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is collaborating with Infra X, the IT and telecommunications arm of Digital DEWA, and its British technical partner Wyld to establish IoT satellite terminals to help streamline operations and maintenance efforts.

The project comes under DEWA’s Space-D programme and will connect DEWA’s water and electricity assets to nano-satellites to link them to the grid and send data to DEWA about any potential maintenance issues. Features of the satellite service also include thermal imaging to identify high voltage transmission lines, substations and solar power stations.

According to DEWA, the Space-D program aims to “use space technologies to enhance its electricity and water networks,” incorporating technologies including IoT, AI and remote sensing capabilities. The program will also establish hybrid connectivity with both the Long-Range (LoRa) IoT terrestrial network operated by InfraX, and DEWA’s nanosatellites.

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