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🦅 Why a Bird Diverter Is Critical for India's Power Grid & Wildlife
Every year, millions of birds — including critically endangered species like the Great Indian Bustard, Siberian Crane, Greater Flamingo and migratory raptors — collide fatally with high-voltage overhead transmission lines. A certified bird diverter, also called a bird flight diverter or aerial line marker, is the most effective and affordable solution to this problem.
Installing a quality power line marker / bird diverter on earth wires and OPGW conductors makes the overhead structure visible from over 300 metres away, giving birds enough reaction time to change their flight path safely. India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has made installation of bird diverters mandatory on transmission lines passing through Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
At Indolite Devices Pvt. Ltd., we manufacture India's most trusted dynamic bird diverters — CEA approved, EPRI tested, and rated for use up to 220kV system voltage with zero visual corona interference.
BIRD STRIKE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANIES & HAZARDOUS FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES
For
safety reasons, high powered transmission lines are placed very high; however,
for avian species, these overhead conductors are a potentially fatal obstacle.
Under low visibility conditions, birds sometimes fly into power lines and
collide with overhead structures and conductors. Besides being fatal for birds,
such accidents damage insulators and equipment leading to customer
interruptions.
You must have often wondered, seeing the vast network of utility structures,
power lines and communication towers in both rural and urban areas. Though a
symbol of technological advancements, these power lines are a major cause of
unnatural bird deaths.
Rapidly increasing urbanisation has led to a significant degradation in birds’
habitat. Our avian friends respond to this phenomenon by perching or nesting on
buildings and electric poles. Millions of birds, including the endangered Great
Indian Bustard, Bald and Golden eagles, owls and hawks, are estimated to have been electrocuted and died while perching on these power lines and towers. The avian
population has decreased significantly, causing concern to the Fish and Wildlife
Service. The innocent birds suffer considerable mortality by these
thoughtlessly constructed human-made structures.
Collision mortality in birds is also highly increased. Sadly, sometimes
utilities fail to follow adequate precautionary measures or bird safety
provisions to avoid such accidents. There is a need to find an immediate and foolproof method to aim at these problems and lessen the bird mortality rate.
On the flip side, birds
can also create hazardous problems for these utility structures.
● When they collide with these structures, they
can cause a short circuit or power disruption.
● When protected species die, the concerned utility may have to pay a hefty
fine.
● Birds’ nests and droppings cause massive damage to electric transformers and
other electrical equipment and loss of an enormous amount of money.
There is a dire need to
address the problem by introducing some avian-friendly arrangements for these
power structures.
We, at Indolite Devices Pvt. Ltd.,
have come up with many useful tools to avoid electrocution and collision of
birds. Bird Flight Diverter, pin insulators, bird guards, and conductor insulator covers are a few options that can prove to be a real
boon for birds.
● The Indolite avian-friendly Bird Flight Diverter helps utility companies save
birds from collision, prevent damage to wires, and avoid fines.
● Thanks to the highly reflective bird diverter, birds can see the hazard from
a great distance while flying.
● It is supposed to be the most dynamic bird diverter to avoid the risk of birds colliding with power lines or high-rise buildings.
● The dynamic bird diverter is approved by EPRI for its effectiveness in
causing the birds to stay away from the utility structures.
● This bird flapper is generally a non-dynamic type of bird diverter. It has
limited capacity to withstand high-velocity winds, as it only swings instead of spinning.
● The reflective bird diverter, with its retroreflective radiant reflectors, is
a highly effective and tested solution to save birds from striking while flying.
● The bird flight diverter reflects sunlight and moonlight to make itself
visible to migratory birds from a safe distance.
● The warning disc of the Indolite diverter glows in the dark, thus warning birds even in
dark and low light conditions.
● The bird flapper can be easily installed manually using a hot stick or even
by hand.
● The reflective bird diverter is the most affordable yet effective choice to
reduce the risk of bird collision.
● Our highly effective bird flight diverter costs much less than installing
coils around the power lines. Coils can harm or entangle birds rather than
diverting them, resulting in more harm. The Indolite bird reflector works
constructively even during foggy times or in low light at dawn and dusk or when
birds’ flights are at their peak.
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