State Grid Suizhou Maintenance Branch Promotes Electrical Safety for Crop Protection Drones

It is currently the peak season for crop protection drone operations. To prevent the risk of external damage to power facilities caused by improper operations and to ensure a safe power supply for spring plowing, on March 16, transmission personnel from the Maintenance Branch of State Grid Suizhou Power Supply Company went into the fields. They inspected transmission lines crossing farmland and located near main township roads within their jurisdiction. They also distributed power facility protection brochures to local farmers engaged in spring plowing and agricultural drone pilots, explaining relevant laws and regulations regarding the protection of power facilities.

The company has been actively carrying out spring line operation and maintenance alongside safety outreach. It has built a four-in-one protection system integrating "remote monitoring, on-site presentations, online promotion, and regular inspections" to achieve the early detection, early warning, and early handling of risks. The company organized transmission personnel to go deep into the fields and visit crop protection drone stores to explain operating standards to pilots and the public. They reminded pilots to plan their flight routes in advance, strictly maintain a safe distance from transmission lines, and refrain from hovering under or flying over the lines. Furthermore, they conducted warning education using typical cases of line faults caused by drone collisions to deeply embed safety awareness in people's minds.

Transmission personnel from the Maintenance Branch of State Grid Suizhou Power Supply Company distribute power facility protection brochures and explain relevant laws and regulations at a crop protection drone store (Photo by Li Mengyao)

To date, the company has reached over 50 people through on-site outreach and distributed more than 100 copies of promotional materials. This has effectively prevented accidents involving external damage to power facilities caused by drone operations, building a solid electrical safety barrier for spring plowing and production. (Text by Li Mengyao)