From satellite launch pads to airport runways, power pylons to oil rigs — Ionguard protects the infrastructure that keeps industries running across Asia and beyond.
Singapore Changi Airport logs 9,903 average annual minutes of lightning risk — the highest of any major airport in the world. Lightning strikes disrupt ground operations, damage avionics and ground support equipment, and create safety hazards on the tarmac.
The Ionguard 150 trial at Changi is designed to demonstrate the system's ability to neutralise charge buildup step-by-step over the protected area, minimise the likelihood of lightning strikes reaching ground infrastructure, and provide field strength reduction data for future expansion planning.
Lightning events on metro signalling and overhead lines cause service disruptions, equipment damage, and safety shutdowns. On the ShenZhen GuanKang metro line, 83 lightning events were neutralised within just 4 days of Ionguard deployment — a result that validated the system's ability to suppress strikes in high-frequency storm conditions.
The stakes at a satellite launch facility couldn't be higher — a single lightning event near a launch pad can destroy billions in assets and set back programmes by years. Ionguard protects the JiuQuan Satellite Launch Site, applying the same charge neutralisation principle NASA used on the Apollo launch pad in 1971.
Provincial power grids are among the most vulnerable infrastructure to lightning — a single strike on a transmission pylon can cause cascading outages across entire regions. Ionguard is deployed across power pylons in LiaoNing, ShangDong, ChongQing, ShanXi, and Shenzhen provincial grids, with >90% strike reduction verified on Southern Power Grid transmission lines.
Petrochemical plants and oil rigs carry explosive lightning risk — a direct strike near fuel storage or processing equipment can trigger catastrophic consequences. Petronas Malaysia has deployed Ionguard across facilities, and the system is also used on offshore oil rigs where conventional grounding is impractical and the cost of a strike is existential.
Singapore's equatorial position and urban density make it one of the highest lightning-risk environments globally. Changi Airport alone logs 46% more lightning risk minutes per year than the #2 most-exposed airport worldwide.
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