Reducing the risk of bird collisions with high-voltage power lines in Belgium

Reducing the risk of bird collisions with high-voltage power lines in Belgium through sensitivity mapping
2020 update

In 2012, a map of the collision risk between birds and high-voltage power lines–the first of its kindin Belgium andindeed, to the best of our knowledge, anywhere ona national scale1–was compiled and delivered to Elia, to enable the company to decide which power lines should be equipped with diverters to reducethe collision risk.

Adecade after this first edition, we present an update of this collision riskmap.