{"id":9287,"date":"2018-03-24T22:25:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T04:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9287"},"modified":"2018-03-24T22:25:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T04:25:54","slug":"ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--Sci tech programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\">Ivory coast has launched a new cost-effective method to monitor its vast power installations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>This is by the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (<span class=\"caps\">UAV<\/span>s) commonly known as drones spearheaded by the national electricity company (<span class=\"caps\">CIE<\/span>), a subsidiary of the Franco-African group Eranove which has opened a drone academy in Abidjan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently we have about 25,000 km of high voltage lines, we have a lot of problems with the vegetation, so we have to control it all the time and it\u2019s very very hard because it\u2019s really spread all over the country. So at the vegetation level, at the equipment level, so we will use a kind of artificial intelligence that will automatically analyze the images to detect every conceivable possible defect, a rusty bolt, a broken cable,\u201d said Benjamin Mathon a trainer at the academy.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to train about twenty local pilots to inspect its power lines for the 1.3 million Ivorian subscribers and power exports to neighbouring countries such as; Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"caps\">UAV<\/span>s will allow us to inspect our structures, ensure their safety in a much finer way than in the past and also optimize our monitoring and inspection costs. This is very important for us but also the school will open up to the outside world because we work for ourselves but we think of others,\u201d said Dominique Kakou director general at <span class=\"caps\">CIE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The drones are equipped with cameras sensors and thermal lasers will collect data which artificial intelligence software automatically analyzes to detect any faults. The trainees are not only shown how to assemble, fly and repair the drones, but also learn numerous software packages for image data analysis, geo-location and mapping.<\/p>\n<p>For students like Noursely Doumbia, this is an exciting venture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoyed this training, already with everything we learned about software and how to fly the drones.. It\u2019s really something extraordinary\u2026\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The advantage of the drone academy is that it is open to all companies in the west Africa region including those in the agro-industry and mining sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory coast has heavily invested in rebuilding its power grid since the end of civil war in 2011 and a authorities plan to invest another 16 billion euros in the sector by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivory coast has launched a new cost-effective method to monitor its vast power installations. This is by the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) commonly known as drones spearheaded by the national electricity company (CIE), a subsidiary of the Franco-African group Eranove which has opened a drone academy in Abidjan \u201cCurrently we have about 25,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[320,322],"class_list":["post-9287","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-tech","news-category-world","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/\",\"name\":\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-25T04:25:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-25T04:25:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg\",\"width\":\"640\",\"height\":\"360\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nigeria News\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png\",\"width\":152,\"height\":152,\"caption\":\"Nigeria News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","description":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","og_description":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/","og_site_name":"Nigeria News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/","name":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-25T04:25:54+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-25T04:25:54+00:00","description":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/640x360_448325.jpg","width":"640","height":"360"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ivory-coast-launches-drones-for-power-transmission-line-surveillance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ivory coast launches drones for power transmission line surveillance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#website","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","name":"Nigeria News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#organization","name":"Nigeria News","url":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ios-and-android.png","width":152,"height":152,"caption":"Nigeria News"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigeriaNewsWeb\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9287"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=9287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}