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It sounds almost like an exaggeration until you are the one standing in a dark substation at three in the morning, looking at a repair bill that reaches six figures. We spend a lot of time as engineers worrying about load balancing and high-level grid stability, but the reality is that a single squirrel or a stray bird doesn't care about your sophisticated monitoring software. When an animal bridges the clearance between a grounded component and a live phase, the results are

Birds often interact with overhead transmission lines in ways that, unfortunately, can result in electrocution.

Wildlife-related incidents on power systems has been increasing year by year. These uncontrollable events cause massive impact in terms...

Electricity in this present time plays a major role in powering homes, businesses, buildings and industries globally. Living on the same...

Bird electrocution: causes and solutions

New mitigation measures and improved designs to reduce the risk of electrocution on pylons have been made possible by this fundamental work.

Power lines that have been implemented without safety measures are causing multiple bird mortalities from different species. According to a source, a study conducted by the Ministry of Ecological Transition estimates that 33,000 birds per year die in Spain. Mortality rate per bird specie due to electrocution. Source: Alex Mascarell Llosa Why do birds get electrocuted? Normally, birds can safely sit on power lines, some even settle their nests on transmission towers and even o

Animal-related outages run the gamut from momentary disturbances to long-term outages. Major portions of substations can be tripped offline,

One of the reasons why power outages occur is due to bird migration. During a certain season, birds migrate to move from areas of low or...

Midsun IKM come up with a solution for the arising issues on power outages in Hungary due to aviation. Imad Kanouni, Midsun IKM CEO,...

Wildlife constitutes a ‘danger’ to power infrastructure

Shockingly the reason behind hundreds or thousands of power outages are animals interfering with electrical equipment.

Electrocution is a big threat to many bird species around the world. In plain English, it occurs when the bird encounters the High...

Electricity basically drives the modern world. Just think about how many things depend on electricity on your daily life: cooking,...

Most of the birds bridge on high voltage networks when taking off. But storks in particular are a threat. Get to know the solution!

The image of a bird causing a short-circuit is familiar for many, specially for electrical engineers and maintenance and operations...

In the past 20 years, it has become increasingly clear that external effects of wildlife are not under our control and have great effect...