Wirescan: advanced power-cable monitoring and diagnostics

• Published 9 April 2026; updated 10 April 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes.
• Product: patented Line Impedance Resonance Analysis (LIRA®), a non-destructive cable diagnostic and monitoring technology that measures impedance across a wide frequency range to identify early degradation, ageing, joint issues and hidden defects. It can monitor energised and de-energised cables.
• Products: LIRA One provides portable diagnostics for de-energised cables up to 300 km; LIRA Live continuously monitors energised cables up to 10 km. Systems feed a cloud platform for test-data storage, trend analysis and visualisation across sites.
• Benefits described: early fault detection, fewer unexpected outages, targeted maintenance, less excavation and rework, lower operating and capital costs, longer cable life, and documentation useful for warranty and insurance claims.
• Market estimates stated by the page: USD 5–8 billion addressable DSO/TSO cable-maintenance market; offshore wind segment USD 0.1–0.4 billion. It says 75–83% of offshore-wind insurance claim costs are attributed to subsea cable failures. These are source-reported estimates.
• Availability: Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
• Contact: Artem Lytkin, CCO, al@wirescan.no. Wirescan AS, Rosenholmveien 25, 1414 Trollåsen, Norway. Website: wirescan.no.
• Listed categories: offshore wind, energy, technology, digital infrastructure, smart cities. Linked SDGs: 7 and 9.

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• Published 9 April 2026; updated 10 April 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Marked available worldwide; listed under Offshore wind, Energy, Technology, Digital infrastructure and Smart cities.
• Wirescan’s patented Line Impedance Resonance Analysis (LIRA®) measures cable impedance across a wide frequency range to identify ageing, degradation, jointing issues and other hidden defects. The company describes it as non-destructive and suitable for both energised and de-energised cables.
• LIRA One is a portable diagnostic system for de-energised cables up to 300 km, for commissioning and scheduled inspections. LIRA Live continuously monitors energised cables up to 10 km and is intended to track changes and localise developing faults. Systems connect to Wirescan’s cloud platform for storage, trend analysis and asset-health visualisation across sites.
• The company says early detection can reduce outages and unnecessary excavation, increase uptime and cable lifetime, improve maintenance targeting, lower operating/capital costs, and support warranty/insurance documentation. These are described benefits; the article does not give independent accuracy or savings data.
• The page estimates a USD 5–8 billion addressable market for distribution/transmission-operator cable maintenance, plus USD 0.1–0.4 billion for offshore wind. It attributes 75–83% of offshore-wind insurance claim costs to subsea cable failures. These are market/claim estimates stated in the article, without calculation details.
• Linked to SDGs 7 and 9. A case-study link is titled “LIRA Technology Cable Condition Assessment and Monitoring.”
• Contact: Artem Lytkin, CCO, al@wirescan.no. Company: WIRESCAN AS, Rosenholmveien 25, 1414 Trollåsen, Norway; wirescan.no.