Executive Summary
America's power grid is currently facing risks, climate disasters and power outages due to its aging infrastructure. Key challenges on the grid modernization and system capacity towards integration of DERs include multifaceted collaboration among stakeholders. Policymakers, utility companies, landowners, and prosumers would need to align on the rights-of-way for the transmission and distribution lines that can connect the remote DER generation plants towards the demands of businesses and households.
In this white paper, we tackle how underground mapping can help build the foundation and expedite the needed upgrades for the aging infrastructure. Using non-intrusive, multi-sensing subsurface mapping technology powered by AI to see and solve the underground, Exodigo can help reduce capital overspending, utility strikes and power outages, while increasing operational efficiency and profit margins towards grid reliability and resilience.
To support the U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E on the move from destructive utility investigations towards non-invasive SUE technologies, Exodigo partners with PNNL on the GOPHURRS project to underground power lines and modernize the power grid. Our paper also shows the advanced breadth of our technology where we detect natural gas pipelines for GTI Energy and Southwest Gas with 80-90% visibility. Exodigo moves further together in the Net Zero agenda and reinforces National Grid to energize substations and transmission lines for the six-year, $4 billion Upstate Upgrade plan.
As we align on the regulatory issues and improve the system reliability needed to accelerate clean energy, it is critical to use underground mapping as a foundation for building the infrastructure that can help move variable renewable generation, and compensate for the phase-out of fossil fuel sources to transition to a cleaner, smarter grid.
See full whitepaper here.
