This is one of the ambitions of the newly initiated innovation project PROTECT, led by GEUS and funded by Innovation Fund Denmark.
Denmark is facing a large-scale land conversion, with almost 400,000 hectares of agricultural area being transformed into nature and forest. In this coming land use planning, knowing precisely where our groundwater resources are located is crucial.
Together with SkyTEM, researchers and engineers from the drone center at Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark will develop a drone navigation solution that can help map underground groundwater reserves in Denmark. With the SkyTEM drones and a new navigation system, it can be done more easily and cost-effectively than traditional geophysical methods.
The solution includes a low-flying heavy-lifting drone and the so-called TEM technology that, through electromagnetic waves, can explore the underground from above. The team will test the systems in Samsø Kommune.
– We at SDU will develop and validate sensors that can assist the drone pilot in flying beyond visual line of sight. And of course, in the future, the ambition is that the drones can be entirely autonomous, says Jussi Hermansen, senior specialist at the SDU UAS Center.
The project is a follow-up of the previous AGAVE project, and the head of the drone center at SDU, Ulrik Schultz Lundquist, is pleased that SDU is once again involved:
– We are very excited to be part of a project using drone technology to address some of the most pressing issues, like clean drinking water, climate change, and environmental issues. This is a project where innovation and research can really have a societal impact, says Ulrik Schultz Lundquist.
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