In our recent podcast, we tackled the critical issue of methane data collection, leak detection and emissions measurement - uncovering the current state of the industry and its potential future directions.

Gas operators are increasingly being challenged to reduce methane emissions, and to do so in a continuous, verifiable way. This challenge at its most extreme has some cities recently banning natural gas in new construction. Further, as the infrastructure ages, gas operators face challenges in managing budgets and unplanned work due to an accelerating rate of growth in the number of leaks emerging from leak-prone pipe. These pressures are driving the need to manage gas assets as cost-effectively as possible.

Quick overview of Picarro with several current users highlighted.

Paolo Gallo, Italgas CEO discusses Picarro at our recent Pica

Pier Lorenzo Dell'Orco, CEO and Italgas Reti discusses Picarr

Listen to Pier Lorenzo DellOrco, CEO of Italgas Reti, open the Fall PCC Conference in Turin, Italy.    

Listen to Paolo Gall, CEO of Italgas close this exciting conference.

Digitalization empowers businesses to standardize access to data and analytics and ultimately enables informed decision-making across the organization. Making the right strategic decisions can be very challenging when managing a complex and critical infrastructure such as a gas distribution network. Furthermore, the quality of the models used to optimize investment plans is only as good as the data used to inform them.

Methane is powerful albeit short-lived greenhouse gas and its increase in concentration in the atmosphere contributes significantly to global warming. Its short lifetime in the atmosphere and strong global warming potential makes methane emissions reductions a preferred instrument to reach mid-term climate targets for policymakers and regulators.