Designed and built by RSE, the WILD station experimentally verifies the effect of these snowfall events on high- and medium-voltage conductors. Current experiments include collecting meteorological data during snow events, acquiring sleeve accretion data on standard conductors, and verifying the effectiveness of anti-icing systems. 

The station also monitors accretion on different types of conductors and tests on super-hydrophobic and ice-phobic conductors in winter wet-snow conditions. The automatic collection of meteorological data, accretion measurements, and photo documentation makes WILD an ideal platform for studying sleeve mitigation solutions. 

The data collected support the validation of the sleeve load predictive models of the Climate and Meteorology Research Group of the Sustainable Development and Energy Sources (SFE) Department of RSE, which can be consulted on Wolf .