Using satellites to tackle fuel poverty
Eon and the European Space Agency are working together to develop satellites that will help identify those most at risk from fuel poverty.
The satellites will use thermal imaging to find out which areas in the UK have the least efficient homes. They'll layer this information on top of sources that already exist, including data from the Department of Work and Pensions, to accurately identify which areas will benefit from energy efficiency funding the most.
The Business Secretary Greg Clark said: “This government-backed technology could boldly go where no technician in a van has gone before, with the potential to pinpoint households in fuel poverty or those at risk.
This is our modern Industrial Strategy in motion, with our world-leading space sector showing how innovation can deliver practical solutions to real-life issues."
You can read more about it here.
Pretty nifty, right?
The satellites will use thermal imaging to find out which areas in the UK have the least efficient homes. They'll layer this information on top of sources that already exist, including data from the Department of Work and Pensions, to accurately identify which areas will benefit from energy efficiency funding the most.
The Business Secretary Greg Clark said: “This government-backed technology could boldly go where no technician in a van has gone before, with the potential to pinpoint households in fuel poverty or those at risk.
This is our modern Industrial Strategy in motion, with our world-leading space sector showing how innovation can deliver practical solutions to real-life issues."
You can read more about it here.
Pretty nifty, right?
Comments
Based on your recent postings I guess you are going to start popping up on this forum on a regular basis extolling the virtues of fracking and gas generated electricity, despite Bulb pushing to be a green energy supplier along with other suppliers of the same ilk?
I feel it is very negative of you to decry the intended efforts of EON in trying to identify those most at risk from fuel poverty especially if this assists the government in targetting energy grants to those in need. Not everyone has a choice of where they are housed so I think it is discourteous to mention slums of London and Manchester.