2017
Portugal
REN, the Portuguese Transmission System Operator (TSO), developed a set of monitoring instruments tailored to different climate hazards, such as wildfires, storms and extreme temperature before and during these events occur.
Managing of these events is backed by smart (artificial intelligence – AI) decision support system. Nature-based and community-oriented solutions are implemented to prevent future hazards and minimise their impacts on the infrastructure.
Highlights
01
Forest fire alert measures, backed with smart decision support system.
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Nature-based and community-oriented solutions to reconvert the land in the Right of Way (ROW) areas.
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Invest 6.3M euro in adaptation measures between 2023 and 2025.
Main Information
The Portuguese electricity grid is facing several climate hazards and extreme weather events, such as extreme cold and hot temperatures, wildfires, strong gusts of wind and storms. To tackle some of these hazards, REN installed monitoring devices on pylons in forest-areas, with smoke and fire detectors, cameras and small weather stations to track real-time changes in weather conditions such as air moisture and solar radiation. In real events, a smart decision support system assists the grid operator to assess the impact of the fire on the electricity system, thus provide a more efficient and accurate response.
As a preventive step, in some area REN created corridors in the ROW, eliminating vegetation that pose hazard to the infrastructure and, instead, reconvert the ROW to create community value in terms of creating opportunities for local agriculture and other jobs, while enhancing local biodiversity. REN invested 6.3M euro for its adaptation efforts between 2023 and 2025.
