On the morning of May 21st, at the "AI for Earth: Earth Observation Forum" forum of the "Global Spatio Temporal Intelligence Expo" (WGDC2026), Zhang Sihang from the Power Remote Sensing Laboratory of State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute stated in his speech that as an early pioneer of power remote sensing technology, State Grid Industrial Technology Research Institute has spent ten years tackling challenges and has formed a complete technical chain from data collection, reception, processing to application. The results have been implemented and applied in more than 10 State Grid provincial companies and 17 actual production scenarios. Among them, the State Grid Industrial Technology Research Institute has industry-leading satellite design and testing capabilities, independently completing the design and demonstration of payload indicators for launching three optical stereo survey and radar inspection satellites, and jointly completing joint debugging and testing with satellite manufacturing units. It is expected that by the end of 2027, a total of 8 electric characteristic payloads will be launched.
Zhang Sihang pointed out that as an important national space infrastructure, the construction and industry application promotion of remote sensing satellites is an important strategic deployment of the country and a key development direction for the "15th Five Year Plan". At the energy level, remote sensing has become an important technical means to cope with the construction of new energy systems, equipment operation and inspection, disaster prevention and reduction, and energy network scheduling under the new situation.
It is reported that in addition to the design capability of power characteristic loads, the State Grid Industrial Technology Research Institute has independently developed the Beijing Liangxiang Ground Receiving Station, which independently receives data from 19 remote sensing and meteorological satellites including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, China Meteorological Administration, Japan Meteorological Agency, etc; We have established a dedicated fiber optic cable for power satellite data transmission, which is one of the 36 officially recognized dedicated lines for important national unit users. It enables rapid acquisition of data from 168 domestic remote sensing and meteorological satellites, with a minimum data delay of 10 minutes; We have established a complete technical chain for the decoding, processing, and analysis of power satellites.
Zhang Sihang stated that the State Grid Industrial Technology Research Institute will further promote the deep integration of communication, navigation, remote sensing, and on-board computing capabilities, and build a space-based service system for energy asset security; Expand the application depth of remote sensing in extreme working conditions and special scenarios, and achieve full condition monitoring of energy assets; Improve the technical standard system, create an industry service ecosystem, and promote the large-scale application of remote sensing monitoring of energy assets.
