Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Electric Department (BED) will be using drones tomorrow/Wednesday morning to measure its woodchip piles at both the McNeil Generating Station, 111 Intervale Avenue, Burlington, and its satellite wood yard, 45 Demers Drive, Swanton. The measurements will be taken by the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, and performed by members of the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab of the Rubinstein School of Environmental & Natural Resources.
Given the recent news coverage of unexplained drone sightings in various locations around the country, BED is alerting communities in both areas to avoid unnecessary concern.
BED, as part of its annual audits, partners with the UVM Spatial Analysis Lab two times each year – once in December at the end of the calendar year and again in June at the end of our fiscal year – to obtain woodchip pile measurements to help confirm and adjust BED woodchip inventory…