The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.
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Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
Aviation marker balls don’t help with electricity flow or improve the efficiency of the power lines. But they do have a very important job.
As electricity networks expand, the risk of birds becoming injured or electrocuted by power lines increases. How can we protect them?
Power regulators want to ensure reliable electricity supply, but there’s more to customer service than that in the age of smart appliances, solar panels and EVs.
Costs quickly rise when things go wrong with roads, roofs and power lines. Many of those risks are also avoidable.
Our airspace has only started to become cluttered recently – many birds are struggling to navigate through it.
Losing power also has real consequences for people’s businesses, livelihoods and potentially their health and safety.
Researchers encourage citizen scientists to contribute to datasets on animal deaths caused by infrastructure. This will inform efforts to reduce the human impact on biodiversity.
Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can we prepare for more events like this?
Black turbine blades seem to reduce bird collisions, but it’s important to know why.
‘California is America fast-forward,’ writes one scholar. Does that mean that the dystopian infernos that have consumed parts of the state are simply a picture of what awaits the rest of America?
Hurricanes Michael and Florence have knocked power out for millions of people. Burying power lines could help but the costs are high.
Yes, Puerto Rico and any other storm-vulnerable location could benefit from on-site solar and battery backup, but it’s unrealistic to say these microgrids are enough to power the island.
Would putting power lines underground avoid hurricanes knocking out electricity service for millions of people? The answer is not as straightforward as it seems.
The U.S. could dramatically increase solar and wind power without expensive energy storage. The key is to overlay high-voltage direct current power lines on our system of regional grids.
South Africa’s pied crows are moving to areas where the climate suits them more.
Top contributors
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Associate Professor, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
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Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Lecturer, Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston University
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
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Director, Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, and Professor of Practice, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Venda) & Associated Researcher (Lajuma Research Centre), University of Venda
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Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Science, University of East Anglia
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PhD Candidate in Avian Sensory Ecology, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Biodiversity Value & Change, University of Venda
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Emeritus Professor of Avian Sensory Science, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer and Team Lead Teaching Development, Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning, University of Waikato
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Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo