The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight
For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea—it's also the law.
Jul 6, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Neural network to help ecologists, foresters and power line operators size up trees from above
Skoltech researchers have trained a neural model to determine the height of trees on satellite imagery to monitor the natural environment, infrastructure, and timber supply. Unlike prior solutions, the model presented in ...
May 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
How to predict and manage EV charging growth to keep electricity grids reliable and affordable
One day, the demand for electricity to charge electric vehicles may overwhelm the power grid, unless the electricity sector is prepared for the challenge.
Mar 24, 2022
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Business
Crypto mania in Texas risks new costs and strains on shaky grid
David Naylor's knowledge of cryptocurrency was limited, to say the least, when Bitcoin miners started approaching him last year about buying power from the utility he runs across a 16-county stretch of rural Texas.
Mar 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Storm helps Poland hit wind energy record: 30% of power
Deadly high winds that struck Northern Europe last week generated a record level of wind energy for Poland, covering some 30% of the demand in a country where most of its electricity comes from coal, Poland's power distribution ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Business
Climate disasters threaten US grids, risking billions in losses
The U.S. utilities sector could suffer annual losses of up to $4.1 billion as climate hazards threaten to batter the industry's infrastructure, according to a new report.
Jan 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Tree trimming pays dividends for energy customers
Eversource Energy's tree trimming program led to 900 fewer tree-caused power outages per year, according to research done by UConn energy analysts and published this month in the journal Energy Policy. For tree-caused power ...
Dec 16, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Stable electricity grids through grid-forming converters
Large power stations with their large synchronous generators provide stability in the power grid, but are being successively powered down in the course of the energy transition. In order to address this issue, researchers ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Can burying power lines protect storm-wracked electric grids? Not always
The good news when Hurricane Ida churned into Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021 was that levees held up—especially those that were strengthened after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in 2005. The bad news: In many places, ...
Sep 6, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.
Jun 2, 2021
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