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Wind power accounts for 7% of the world’s electricity and about 2% of the world’s energy. While the overall share is rising, it needs to expand much faster if the globe is to meet its Paris Agreement 2030 sustainability goals. Among the world’s nations, China, the United States and India are still the world’s leaders,... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Oil and gas companies employ a variety of tools to inspect their pipelines to prevent leaks and spills and to ensure compliance with ever-changing regulations. Inspection gauges, SCADA control systems, fiber-optic cables, small manned aircraft and ground teams are all useful for giving companies in-depth pipeline spot checks to mitigate a potential disaster, But these... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Is the public at large warming to expanded drone use? While a growing number of government agencies and commercial industries are deploying unmanned aerial vehicles in an ever-increasing number of applications – from public safety to construction, mining and real estate – ordinary citizens still aren’t sure whether they want drones filling the nation’s airspaces.... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are well known for their role in enhancing search and rescue operations by public safety agencies and first responders. But UAVs can also play a similar role in private sector emergencies. One such emergency is when a mine collapses and workers are trapped inside. Companies concerned about the fate of their... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Two of the world’s leading drone delivery companies are spreading their wings this month. San Francisco-based Zipline, which pioneered the use of UAVs for emergency medical supply deliveries in Rwanda back in 2016, is continuing to make a fresh mark in the retail sector. Last week, the eight-year old company began drone flights of food... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:First responders in Atlantic City, NJ are planning to acquire a fleet of drones to patrol the city’s 20-mile coast line next summer. The move is intended to enhance their ability to identify dangerous rip tides and to bring more timely assistance to boaters and swimmers in peril. The Atlantic City Beach Patrol announced its... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Construction is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the drone industry – indeed, #1, according to some surveys. The sector’s exponential growth tracks with the phenomenal expansion of the construction industry itself. For example, in California, construction is the state’s fastest growing industry, regularly adding 7% or more employees to its workforce annually. Globally, the... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drone corridors are an increasingly popular way for unmanned aerial vehicles to make remote deliveries without fear of colliding with manned aircraft or other drones. Some drone corridors – also known as drone “highways” – are being tested over long distances. The FAA-approved NUAIR drone corridor in upstate New York is 50-miles long with an... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones have many useful roles to play in the area of environmental hazard detection and remediation. One of the least known is the growing use of drones for water sampling collection and analysis. This is potentially a multi-modal intervention; the same work can be conducted by an aerial drone or by an underwater drone (or... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Container ships transport more than 90% of all goods shipped in the world and more than $4 trillion worth of goods annually. But it can take over a month for those goods to sail from Beijing to New York – and supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to disruption. Shipping costs, already high, can escalate when... Read More
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