INNOVATIONS
COMMUNICATING IN THE UK’S MOST REMOTE SITES
For all the leaps and bounds that have taken place in technology, the crews of engineers and other specialist service providers tackling the construction and maintenance of wind turbines must feel like communications has barely moved on since the 1990s as they struggle with limited options.
NEW TECHNOLOGY
But now a new type of device, a satellite Wi-Fi hotspot, has the potential to transform communications whether on land or at sea beyond the mobile phone network. With Sat-Fi from Globalstar, crew can keep in touch with colleagues and family using their own smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Up to eight users can use their own phones and their existing phone numbers to make and receive calls and get online over Globalstar’s next-generation satellite network, even if they are in very remote areas.
IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY Whether scoping sites in the Scottish Highlands or managing engineering works in the North Sea, Sat-Fi has the power to greatly enhance operations and importantly, improve worker safety.
CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS A device offers connectivity up to 100 feet from the antenna. It’s also easy to set up - users simply download an app from Apple iTunes or the Google Play store and the app connects to voice and data services. It also provides access to emergency services, providing reassurance in high-risk environments. SMS will also be added to the system soon.
The device also offers the fastest, most affordable, mobile satellite data plans and the clearest voice communications in the industry and enhanced operational efficiencies that result from reliable network connectivity.
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD)
Once BYOD was confined to the office. Now it is extended out to the field, bringing new-found freedom and safety for remote wind industry workers even in the harshest of environments.
SAFETY FOR LONE WIND ENERGY WORKERS Ensuring the welfare of skilled and professional staff is more important than ever. Even in today’s market, when investment in technology - and in fact any operational spend – is under ever closer scrutiny, it is widely recognised that retaining key staff is important for the bottom line, and to maximise operational efficiency.
POCKET-SIZED GPS MESSENGER Globalstar’s SPOT Gen3 provides security and peace of mind for lone workers who are regularly beyond the mobile phone network.
This pocket-sized GPS messenger is a rugged device that uses the company’s low Earth orbiting satellite network to allow
remote workers to send an SOS with just the touch of a button. Emergency services instantly receive GPS location information and help is immediately dispatched to the person or people in distress.
TRACKING
With this device colleagues, operation centre managers, or friends and family, can track the user’s location 24/7 thanks to an easy-to-use Google Maps interface. These devices have been used to initiate over 3,500 rescues around the world, many of which were life-saving. With over 200,000 SPOT units in service, the company is now averaging a rescue a day.
Improving working conditions and safety for remote crews is essential. Providing them with the necessary business tools and the communications capabilities to help improve worker safety, surely go a long way to achieve these goals.
Globalstar Click to view more info
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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