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Upstream gauging
Stage and discharge at stations placed for hours of warning, not minutes.
Radar water level · Tipping-bucket rain gauge · Snow depth · Air temperature
Hydropower
HydroSight
Inflow forecast. Sediment control. Upstream hazard warning.
Upstream gauging stations, satellite snow and glacier data, and hydrological models give operators a 1–10 day inflow forecast. Debris-flow and sediment alarms arrive with hours of lead time, not minutes.
Operational question
“What inflow reaches the intake in the next 24 hours?”
Constraints we address
- Inflow is estimated, not measured. Generation schedules and revenue forecasts drift.
- Debris flows and suspended sediment damage intakes, trash racks and turbine runners.
- Glacial lakes and debris-flow channels upstream are unmonitored.
- Remote sites: no cellular coverage, no power for instrumentation.
- Small plants operate without an in-house hydrologist.
Operator view
HydroSight: simulationNormal
Water level, upstream
Gauge U-2 · Normal
1.42m
Turbidity at intake
Intake · Normal
410NTU
Inflow forecast, 24 h
Model · Normal
18.6m³/s
Headpond level
Headpond · Normal
3.10m
Simulated data. Illustrates the IEC 60073 alarm states.
Instrumentation
Modular by design.
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Intake and headpond
Continuous turbidity, debris load and headpond level.
Turbidity (NTU) · Headpond level · Trash-rack camera
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Upstream hazards
Debris-flow channels, unstable slopes and glacial lakes, monitored in situ and from orbit.
Debris-flow sensor · Slope displacement · Time-lapse camera · Satellite imagery of glacial lakes
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Plant integration
Read-only connection to plant SCADA. Forecast and output on one screen; control logic untouched.
SCADA (read-only) · Gate position · Active power
HydroSight delivery
Four stages. Each one stands alone.
Every stage delivers a defined output. You decide whether to proceed.
Assess
Site inspection or satellite screening. Hazard register, instrumentation plan and budget.
Commercial terms
Fixed price, 2–6 weeks. Credited against the next stage.
- Basin study: glaciers, snow cover and debris-flow history from satellite archives
- Upstream hazard map and selection of monitoring points
- Instrumentation and telemetry plan, with budget
Small Plant configuration for 0.5–5 MW: fewer stations and a lower monthly fee.
Technical specifications.
HydroSight · Hydropower
- Measured parameters
- Radar water level, Tipping-bucket rain gauge, Snow depth, Air temperature, Turbidity (NTU), Headpond level, Trash-rack camera, Debris-flow sensor, Slope displacement, Time-lapse camera, Satellite imagery of glacial lakes, SCADA (read-only), Gate position, Active power
- Telemetry
- LoRaWAN, cellular or satellite, selected at site survey
- Power
- Solar or battery. No mains required at the measurement point
- Reporting interval
- 5–15 min
- Alarm delivery
- Voice call, SMS, Telegram, email. Recipients and escalation set per site
- Forecasting
- Inflow forecast for 1–10 days; seasonal outlook from snow and glacier melt
- Debris-flow and flood early warning for intake and powerhouse
- Sediment alarm with a flushing recommendation to protect the turbines
- Service
- 24/7 alarm monitoring with call-out to plant operators
- Seasonal inspections and winterisation of equipment
- Monthly hydrology report for owners, lenders and insurers
- Outcomes
- Generation scheduled on forecast inflow, not last year’s mean
- Fewer intake blockages; less sediment wear on runners
- Documented risk control for lenders and insurers
- All plants on one dashboard
- Applications
- Small hydropower plants, 0.5–20 MW
- Operators of several plants on one river
- Developers requiring pre-construction hydrology
Start with a satellite screening of your site.
2–4 weeks. No equipment on site. The result shows where ground instrumentation is justified.