TSAT references

Gas transmission

The challenge: The Italian company SNAM Rete Gas operates a 32000km long gas pipeline network , and is one of Europe’s leading regulated gas utilities. In 2004 the company started looking for a suitable satellite communication solution that could seamlessly integrate with its terrestrial based wireless infrastructure for back hauling SCADA data to its national […]

Power Generation

The challenge: Fortum Generation, a division of the Finnish Fortum energy group is operating more than 160 hydro-power facilities and wind farms across Sweden and Finland, generating more than 49TWh annually. The energy markets in the Nordic region have been deregulated, so having a unified and efficient communication technology infrastructure that enables Fortum to instantly […]

Water and waste-water management

The challenge: Scottish Water is the 4th largest water and waste water service provider in the UK. The company covers a geographical area of 78,000km2, one third the size of Britain. Assets include 46,000km of water pipes, 39,000km of sewer pipes, 1839 waste water and 371 water treatment facilities, plus pumping stations, sludge treatment centers […]

Offshore Oil and Gas

The challenge: Gassco, outside Haugesund on Norways’s west coast is reponsible for operating the 7800km long subsea pipeline network in the North Sea that delivers natural gas to the UK, France, Belgium and Germany. Due to the critical nature of Gassco’s operation, the hostile environment of the North Sea and at the landing terminals, a […]

Oil Pipeline Monitoring

The challenge: Santos Ltd. is a major Australian oil and gas exploration and production company with interests and operations in every Australian petroleum province as well as the United States, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Egypt. Santos Ltd. is one of Australias top 50 companies. For the 800 km long Jackson to Moonie and the […]

Gas Distribution

The challenge: Verbundnetz Gas AG (VNG) based in Leipzig, Germany was in previous years the exclusive supplier of Russian gas to the former German Democratic Republic. Today, the company is a privatized gas trading, transmission and distribution company with a 7298 km long pipeline network extending all over eastern Germany. The company has a 16% share of the […]

Power Distribution

The challenge: Ellevio (formerly Fortum Distribution) headquartered in Stockholm, delivers 20% of the power being consumed in Sweden. Their distribution networks are located throughout the country. The company has a strong focus on delivering power in a safe, reliable and cost effective manner. Ellevio has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrading its networks. […]

Environmental monitoring

The challenge: Kinemetrics, Inc. based in Pasadena, California is the world leader in earthquake instrumentation and the provider of Aspen System, a high performance solution for real-time earthquake monitoring. Aspen is used by the largest seismic networks in the world operated by leading research institutions and government agencies in many countries. Many of the monitoring sites are located in remote areas, in adverse climate conditions, without AC power, and […]

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