Title: Describe the environmental impacts of constructing energy assets.
Course: Energy Transmission and Distribution, Advanced (20902-II) > Section: Exploring Environmental and Societal Impacts of Energy Transmission and Distribution

Description may include

- examples of energy assets (e.g., gas pipelines, generation facilities, transmission and distribution lines, coal mines, gas regulation stations, gas compressor stations, electrical substations)
- land use (e.g., powerlines, pipelines, photovoltaic farms)
- reclamation
- decommissioning
- the role of permits
- effects of construction on animal habitats, biodiversity
- dams, sedimentation, water warming, and fish migration
- regulations and policies that govern construction of energy assets.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What factors influence the location of energy production facilities?
- How are transmission and distribution component site locations chosen?
- Why is there opposition to solar farms?
- What are the challenges involved in decommissioning?
- How might transmission lines potentially affect habitats?