SENSIA SOLUTIONS SL

Their core work

Sensia Solutions is a Spanish SME that develops low-cost infrared optical gas imaging cameras for detecting fugitive gas emissions in industrial settings, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Their core product enables companies to find and fix gas leaks (such as methane and SO2) using affordable handheld thermal imaging devices, replacing expensive traditional Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) equipment. Beyond their gas imaging core, they have contributed sensing expertise to scientific instrumentation projects, including Mars-applicable dating instruments and high-temperature composite characterization for aerospace.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Sensia started squarely focused on industrial gas leak detection — their 2015-2017 work was entirely about building an affordable infrared gas imaging camera for the oil and gas sector (GaSeS Phase 1 and 2). From 2018 onward, they diversified into adjacent domains: scientific instrumentation for planetary science (IN TIME) and aerospace materials testing (HITCOMP). This suggests a company broadening its core sensing and imaging capabilities into new application domains beyond oil and gas.

Sensia appears to be expanding from a single-product gas imaging company into a broader sensing and instrumentation provider, applying their optical and thermal expertise across sectors.

How they like to work

Sensia operates as both a project leader and a specialist contributor. They coordinated their own product development (GaSeS Phase 1 and 2 via the SME Instrument) but joined larger consortia as a partner when the topic matched their sensing expertise (IN TIME, HITCOMP). With only 9 unique partners across 4 countries, they maintain a compact network — typical of a focused SME that collaborates selectively rather than joining large multi-partner consortia.

Sensia has worked with 9 distinct partners across 4 countries, forming a small but internationally distributed network. Their partnerships span academia (MSCA-RISE), aerospace industry (Clean Sky 2), and research institutions.

What sets them apart

Sensia's differentiator is their focus on making gas imaging technology radically affordable — their GaSeS project explicitly targeted "ultra-low-cost" handheld cameras as an alternative to equipment costing tens of thousands of euros. This cost-disruption angle in environmental monitoring and industrial safety is uncommon among European sensing SMEs. For consortium builders, they bring practical product development experience (having gone through both SME Instrument phases) combined with the ability to adapt their imaging and sensing know-how to entirely different domains like space science or aerospace composites.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GaSeS
  Flagship product — secured both SME Instrument Phase 1 (€50K) and Phase 2 (€1.33M), representing 83% of all their H2020 funding for a single product line.
• IN TIME
  Unusual cross-domain move: a gas imaging company contributing to a Mars dating instrument, demonstrating transferable sensing expertise beyond their core market.