Powerlines and wildfires: overview, perspectives, and climate change: could there be more electricity blackouts in the future?
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Jahn, Wolfram
Urban, James L
Rein, Guillermo
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Overhead powerlines cross extensive areas of forest and grasslands, and these areas are often flammable and can burn. Wildfire is a natural phenomenon important to many ecosystems around the globe, but also capable of considerable damage to people and communities. As a result of human activity in natural spaces, people have altered wildfire regimes over time, and wildfires have become a threat to people, to their property, and infrastructure. For example, Figure 1 shows the thousands of wildfires detected by satellite around the globe during seven days of early September 2021; the image gives an indication of the planetary magnitude of the phenomenon. Powerlines represent both a way in which human activity has changed the natural wildfire regimes (i.e., an ignition source), and vital infrastructure vulnerable to fire.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2022-01-01
Citation
IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, 2022, 20 (1), pp.16-27
ISSN
1540-7977
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
16
End Page
27
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
Volume
20
Issue
1
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-01-07