Name: VAREN: Open Source LiDAR Analytics for Overhead Distribution Networks - Guillaume Houle, Hydro-Québec
Start: 2026-09-16T15:20:00+0200
End: 2026-09-16T15:50:00+0200

15 - 16 September | Berlin, Germany
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VAREN: Open Source LiDAR Analytics for Overhead Distribution Networks - Guillaume Houle, Hydro-Québec

Wednesday September 16, 2026 15:20 - 15:50 CEST

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VAREN (Vegetation and Asset Recognition for Electrical Network) is an open source library from Hydro-Québec's research centre. It reads mobile LiDAR point clouds from overhead distribution networks and extracts information utilities can act on. The library includes four algorithms: a point cloud classifier for power network assets, an overhead span extractor, a mathematical reconstruction method for heavily obstructed power lines, and a vegetation encroachment detector. These address a common problem, namely that mobile LiDAR data is often incomplete or blocked by vegetation. VAREN aims to give utilities reusable foundation for LiDAR-based grid analytics to help map their assets and assess vegetation risk.

Speakers

Guillaume Houle

Researcher, Hydro-Québec

Guillaume Houle is a researcher at Hydro-Québec's research centre in Varennes, Québec, where he works on asset analytics and applied AI for power distribution networks. His work focuses on computer vision and LiDAR-based detection, mapping, and risk assessment of grid infrastructure... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2026 15:20 - 15:50 CEST
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Data + AI

LF Energy Summit Europe 2026

Guillaume Houle

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