AI-Driven Vegetation Management for Predictive Risk Management

Utilities face significant challenges in managing vegetation risks that can lead to power outages, infrastructure damage, and hazardous wildfires.  
With increasing regulatory and public pressures, budget constraints, and the need for greater grid reliability, utilities must find innovative solutions to manage vegetation effectively.  

Hitachi Energy’s Vegetation Management solution addresses these challenges by providing an AI-driven, predictive, closed-loop vegetation management system that ensures comprehensive management of vegetation risks, optimized maintenance schedules, and enhanced grid reliability.

Reduce vegetation-related outages
By predicting vegetation growth and scheduling maintenance proactively, the system helps prevent outages caused by vegetation interference.

Optimize maintenance schedules
The system's planning module enables efficient and effective maintenance activities, reducing costs and improving productivity.

Enhance grid reliability
The AI-driven predictive analytics and comprehensive risk management capabilities ensure that the grid remains reliable and operational.

Improve crew productivity
The system equips field crews with mobile tools to execute tasks efficiently, capture critical data seamlessly, and ensure uninterrupted productivity.

AI-driven predictive analytics 
Forecasts vegetation growth, identifies potential risks, and optimizes maintenance schedules using advanced AI technology

Comprehensive risk management 
Detects infringement and fall-in risks, analyzes tree health and canopy, and predicts growth conflicts to ensure precise and timely interventions

Optimized maintenance planning 
Enables advanced vegetation plan management, risk and compliance modeling, automatic work unit and cost estimation, spatial analysis, hazard marking, and access path planning

Real-time data integration 
Integrates with Maxar Constellation, OroraTech Wildfire Monitoring, and Tomorrow.io weather Intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of vegetation conditions

Modular architecture  
Each function is implemented as a separate software package, allowing for tailored system requirements, execution sequences, and the addition of new software modules from Hitachi Energy or third-party suppliers

Mobile field applications  
Built on Flutter and cross-platform compatible (Android, iOS, Windows), it is designed for contractor crews, arborists, or general forepersons to manage work, capture job site data, and track crew and job progres

Web-based back-office application 
Manages vegetation inventories and planning efforts, providing full visibility into risk and resiliency measures

Enhanced reporting  
Generates detailed reports on vegetation conditions, maintenance activities, and grid resiliency measures

Seamless integration  
Built on the ESRI SDK Open platform, it allows for easy integration with existing utility information systems while maintaining high levels of security

Scalable solution  
Supports international and local standards for vegetation management and data exchange, developed in collaboration with customers worldwide

Electric utilities 
Purpose-built for transmission and distribution utilities, our utility vegetation management solution helps monitor, detect, and prevent vegetation-related threats using satellite, drone, and LiDAR data. It supports cycle trim planning, outage prevention, and regulatory compliance. 

Rail operators 
The Vegetation Management solution enhances safety and operational efficiency by enabling real-time vegetation risk detection and mobile coordination for patrols and inspections. It supports both proactive planning and emergency response workflows. 

Municipal and government agencies 
Used to manage vegetation around public infrastructure, our solution supports environmental review, parcel-level permissions, and community engagement for tree removal and hazard mitigation.

Contractor and field services 
Arborists, forepersons, and mutual aid crews use our vegetation management software to execute vegetation work efficiently with mobile tools for job tracking, hazard identification, and crew coordination.