OHL Collision Avoidance

Completed

Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution)

Applied Research and Development

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Northern Powergrid

Network Innovation Allowance

Ofgem

01 August 2023

28 February 2025

ENA months

£690,000

Power

Yorkshire & Humberside

Project Contact, Northern Powergrid

Project Contact, South Eastern Power Networks plc
Project Contact, SPEN - SP Distribution Plc
Project Contact, UKPN London Power Networks plc
Project Contact, ScottishPower Manweb plc
Project Contact, Eastern Power Networks plc

Project Contact, UK Power Networks

Three companies, Open Grid Systems, Sheffield Hallam University and Frazer-Nash Consultancy, are collaborating to develop and validate the a system that can alert users or vehicles when proximity to OHL falls below a pre-defined threshold. The system will comprise of a common cloud, portable on-board device and/ or magnetometers and features in smartphones. Relevant trends and observations from historical OHL strike data will also be used to refine alerts. " Development of prototype on-board capable of producing audible and visual alarms. Development and validation of mobile sensing app incorporating data from magnetometers and smart phone sensors. Analysis of historical incidents, identifying any common root causes of OHL contact incidents and development of a stakeholder and communications strategy." " Design, implementation, and validation of mobile sensing application that uses data from magnetometers and other inbuilt smart phone sensors Development of on-board embedded system; including field measurements and validation Design and implementation of interoperable APIs to facilitate integration with backend system Analysis of historical incidents, identifying any common root causes of OHL contact incidents. Stakeholder and communications strategy to help reduce number of contacts."

This project aims to develop a solution that enables the GPS location of overhead lines to be loaded in the navigation systems of agricultural vehicles to alert drivers to the presence of overhead lines and prevent OHL strikes.

18/10/23