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Climate Change Impacting Bird Migration Patterns

Climate change is increasingly influencing bird migration patterns, affecting the timing, routes, and destinations of many species. These alterations have significant implications for ecosystems, conservation efforts, and our understanding of avian behavior.​

Shifts in Migration Timing

Rising global temperatures have led to earlier springs and altered food availability, prompting birds to adjust their migration schedules. Some species are arriving at breeding grounds earlier, while others are departing later for their wintering habitats. This shift can...

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Calculation of Capacitance Matrix in Electrical Systems

In typical electrical systems, the capacitance between multiple conductors is of primary interest. To facilitate calculations, it is possible to arrange the mutual capacitances of a system of N conductors in a matrix format. For precise calculations of capacitance matrices in electrical systems,...

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Underground Distribution Sensors

Exploring the benefits of wide-area monitoring

BY TED MYERS, On-Ramp Wireless

The average citizen and business experiences over 120 minutes of electricity outage duration a year. This has a significant societal impact costing 10s to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Furthermore, the measure of customer outage time—Systems Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI)—is on an upward trend as a result of aging infrastructure and other factors.

Recognizing the need to improve electric distribution system reliability, and the associated benefit to the United States, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has a stated goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in SAIDI by 2020. The DOE is working with industry, national labs, universities and other groups to research, develop and demonstrate commercially viable solutions to modernize the grid and deliver the true measurable benefits of the Smart Grid.

Though many grid assets are still above ground, many electric utilities are...

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The Evolution / Revolution of Overhead Conductors… and why it matters

Brief Background: In the early 1900's Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR) conductor was developed to replace copper wires, due to the war effort when copper was needed for munitions. In the 1970's growing demand for electricity inspired the development of higher capacity Aluminum Conductor...

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DOE Grants $2.2B for Transmission and Storage Projects

In a landmark move aimed at accelerating the U.S. transition to a more resilient and sustainable energy grid, the Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a groundbreaking investment of $2.2 billion in innovative transmission and energy storage projects across 18 states. This significant funding...

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Vibration and Noise Control in T&D

It is very often that “just putting some rubber” to isolate structures creates an inefficient or even a vibration isolation problem, without taking into account the characteristics of the whole system: such as media environment and temperature, material stiffness adjusted to the...