Energy Queensland
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From remote locations in the outback to rural farmlands, urban cities and coastal islands, the state of Queensland is home to a unique landscape and a dispersed population that creates numerous challenges for steady-state electrical distribution. Increases in extreme weather events and wildfires also create additional challenges for the timely response and restoration of power. With a network that includes more than 178,000 kilometers of overhead lines across 1.7 million power poles, Energy Queensland has deployed the ArcGIS Utility Network, modernizing its workflows and creating a resilient network that keeps the lights on today and supports the transition to renewables in the future.
• Managing the generation and distribution of power across a land mass four times the size of California, Energy Queensland uses the ArcGIS Utility Network to model its network with details and scale to improve network sustainability and resiliency.
• Energy Queensland manages more than 24 million features across the network. To better manage their assets and visualize the network, they are building a 3D digital twin of both above and below-ground infrastructure.
• Queensland is moving to use 50% renewable energy by 2030, with 1-in-3 homes across the state currently on solar power. GIS is the foundation to achieve this goal. Utility Network supports the addition and integration of clean energies, helping Energy Queensland manage the transition to wind, solar, thermal and other renewables.
• Travel to remote job sites can take up to a day in the state and it is important that Energy Queensland crews are sent out in the field to the right location with the right equipment for the job. The ArcGIS Utility Network provides one system of information, so crews can better prepare for their work. Using mobile capabilities, information can be accessed in both online and offline environments.
• With challenges such as flooding and wildfires occurring at an increased pace, it is necessary to use a single data model across the network so crews can effectively respond to these events. Through improved network resilience, the need to send crews into these situations is reduced, and they are able to manage standard operating procedures and add lessons learned to job safety protocol.
• Energy Queensland’s deployment of the Utility Network provides a spatial foundation, underpinning their capability for a sustainable and resilient future.
From remote locations in the outback to rural farmlands, urban cities and coastal islands, the state of Queensland is home to a unique landscape and a dispersed population that creates numerous challenges for steady-state electrical distribution. Increases in extreme weather events and wildfires also create additional challenges for the timely response and restoration of power. With a network that includes more than 178,000 kilometers of overhead lines across 1.7 million power poles, Energy Queensland has deployed the ArcGIS Utility Network, modernizing its workflows and creating a resilient network that keeps the lights on today and supports the transition to renewables in the future.
• Managing the generation and distribution of power across a land mass four times the size of California, Energy Queensland uses the ArcGIS Utility Network to model its network with details and scale to improve network sustainability and resiliency.
• Energy Queensland manages more than 24 million features across the network. To better manage their assets and visualize the network, they are building a 3D digital twin of both above and below-ground infrastructure.
• Queensland is moving to use 50% renewable energy by 2030, with 1-in-3 homes across the state currently on solar power. GIS is the foundation to achieve this goal. Utility Network supports the addition and integration of clean energies, helping Energy Queensland manage the transition to wind, solar, thermal and other renewables.
• Travel to remote job sites can take up to a day in the state and it is important that Energy Queensland crews are sent out in the field to the right location with the right equipment for the job. The ArcGIS Utility Network provides one system of information, so crews can better prepare for their work. Using mobile capabilities, information can be accessed in both online and offline environments.
• With challenges such as flooding and wildfires occurring at an increased pace, it is necessary to use a single data model across the network so crews can effectively respond to these events. Through improved network resilience, the need to send crews into these situations is reduced, and they are able to manage standard operating procedures and add lessons learned to job safety protocol.
• Energy Queensland’s deployment of the Utility Network provides a spatial foundation, underpinning their capability for a sustainable and resilient future.
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