For Bustards : Court of Last Resort ?
Context :
Bustard order will hit green push, SC told / 14 Dec 2021
Extract :
The Centre on Monday sought modification of the Supreme Courtroom’s April 19 order for placing underground energy transmission cables in huge areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat for cover of endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB), saying:
# it’s technically not possible,
# value intensive and
# might be an enormous setback to India’s worldwide dedication to manoeuvre steadily in direction
of renewable energy.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested CJI NV Ramana for an urgent hearing on the Centre’s plea citing a current report of technical group comprising consultants from transmission and energy sector and members from Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
The Centre said the cost will work out to Rs 12 crore a km and the objective could possibly be achieved by putting in bird diverters.
It stated GIBs could get effective protection from electrocution by installing fowl diverters, as was used on Gwalior-Jaipur line by Power Grid Corporation to guard Indian Vulture and Egyptian Vulture and in Bhuj-Banaskantha line to guard Flamingos and Cranes.
Implementation of the SC order “shall result in enormous delay in commissioning of already awarded and under-construction renewable energy initiatives in these states, which in any other case would get commissioned within the subsequent couple of years. Contemplating the sensible and technical challenges in laying the facility traces underground, growth of future initiatives in Rajasthan and Gujarat will even be impacted.”
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My Take :
I fail to understand why Solicitor General Tushar Mehta , failed to get the experts to examine the feasibility of using DRONES to divert the Bustards, as suggested in my following earlier e-mail
Dear Shri Jyotiraditya Scindiaji,
Only a few days back, you stated that India will become the “ DRONE HUB “ for the World
I urge you to challenge drone startups to come up with an offer to solve this problem
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 15 Dec 2021
Where there is a Will, there are Two Ways ……………………………..[ 16 June 2021 ]
Extact :
I am no “ technical expert “
But I urge those technical experts to consider feasibility of the following solutions :
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WAY # 1 :
Flock Dynamics ………………………[ 04 Sept 2018 ]
Extract :
Scientists have developed an algorithm that enables a flying drone to herd a flock of birds away from a designated air-space, without breaking their formation
The team developed the herding algorithm on the basis of macroscopic properties of the flocking model and the response of the flock
“We made careful observations of flock dynamics and interactions between flocks and the pursuer.
This allowed us to create a new herding algorithm for ideal flight paths for incoming drones to move the flock away from a protected airspace,” said Shim.
“This algorithm will help improve safety for the aviation industry. In addition, this will also help control avian influenza that plagues farms nationwide every year,” said Shim.
Related Literature :
Robotic Drones can herd birds away from airspaces
http://www.caltech.edu/news/
WAY # 2 :
Wireless Power Transmission ? ………….[ 27 Aug 2020 ]
Extract :
The dream of Wireless power transmission might soon become a reality [ 19 Aug 2020 ]
Extract :
Ø A startup from New Zealand has now developed a safe method to wirelessly
transmit electric power across long distances.
Ø EMROD has produced the first long-range, high-power, wireless power
transmission alternative to the traditional copper wire method by using the
concept of electromagnetic waves
Ø Emrod has convinced a power distribution company to try their innovation
on a commercial scale. It might not be free, but it would
be cheap, accessible, and scaled up with ease
Ø The setup contains a transmitting antenna, a series of relays and a receiving
rectenna — a rectifying antenna capable of converting microwave energy
into electricity
Ø The line of sight between each relay is the only limiting factor for the
distance of transmission — thus greatly reducing infrastructure &
maintenance costs & environmental impact, that a wired solution imposes
Ø This wireless transmission could be the key to harnessing renewable
energy which is often generated in areas far from where it is needed
I urge Shri R K Singhji ( Minister for Renewable Power ), to form a
consortium of the following organizations, for an early
COMMERCIALIZATION of EMROD
NTPC / DISCOMS / EMROD / KEC / L&T / BHEL / ECIL / NHPC / ONGC /
National Labs etc
Contact Details :
Greg Kushnir - CEO – Emrod [ https://emrod.
greg@emrod.energy / greg.
Related News :
This Wireless Power Technology Could Change New Zealand’s Transmission System / 20 Sept 2020
Extract :
“The statistics are pretty compelling. We are talking about,
# a potential 50% increase in sustainable energy uptake,
# up to 85% reduction in outages, and
# up to 65% reduction in electricity infrastructure cost due to the Emrod
solution,”
said Greg Kushnir, Chief Executive Officer of EMROD.
EMROD stated that Powerco, a New-Zealand based electricity distributor, would be the first to try out the new technology.
It added that EMROD would provide the next prototype of technology to Powerco in October 2020.
The company would execute lab testing of the prototype and train the Powerco team before the field trial.
“The system we are currently building for Powerco will transmit only a few kilowatts, but we can use the same technology to transmit 100 times power over a much longer distance,” said Kushnir.
The company said that its technology could reduce the electricity infrastructure cost, which could help provide low-cost sustainable energy to remote communities like in Africa and the Pacific Islands to energize hospitals, schools, and economies.
Meanwhile, India’s transmission infrastructure continues to worry stakeholders.
The lack of transmission infrastructure to support new renewable energy capacity addition has also been a growing concern for solar and wind generators in the country, especially over the last few years, in light of the surge in renewable energy projects.
Mercom has previously written about how India’s transmission and distribution system requires significant expansion, considering the rapid installation of solar and wind projects.
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