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  • Apply now for methane leak detection technology competition

    Just over three weeks remain to apply to the Mobile Monitoring Challenge (MMC), led by Stanford and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) with technical advice from ExxonMobil.

    There’s a big push to develop mobile technologies to monitor and quantify methane leaks at oil and natural gas sites. Mobile monitoring offers the promise of surveying highly dispersed industrial facilities — including smaller and older ones — quickly and effectively.

    Stanford and EDF, aided by industry and other expert advisors like those from ExxonMobil, will rigorously field test and compare the most promising new mobile technologies and approaches submitted via the MMC – with extra interest in commercially scalable options. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.

    Details on the competition, what is required, and the benefits of applying can all be found here.

    All applications are due by Oct. 31.

  • MMC strings mountain power lines using UAVs

    MMC strings mountain power lines using UAVs

    MMC-power-line-stringing-WOn March 15, drone-maker MMC strung power lines across the Ragged Mountain in Thailand using its Spider drone and specialized wire-pulling tools.

    The project was carried out for EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) and served as a transnational demonstration for MMC. By cooperating with MMC, EGAT hopes to use professional drones to string more lines helps the nation in its quest for 100 percent electrification in Thailand.

    In recent years, the Thai government has increased the investment in the development of power projects to meet the requirement of its rapid economic growth. The traditional method of stringing power lines using human labor doesn’t fit with the green economy and humanism, wasting time, human resources and sacrificing the environment, EGAT said.

    Learn more about the project here.