Author: MARTIN J. PASQUALETTIPublication: Society and Natural Resources, Taylor & FrancisYear Published: 2001 Abstract: There may be no more conspicuous example of a conflict between society and technology than a wind energy landscape. The fastest growing renewable energy resource in the world, wind energy has evoked a cool public response. Through the use of interviews,…
Author: Dave Johnston, Judd Howell, Scott Terrill, Nellie Thorngate, Jim Castle, Jeff SmithPublication: California Energy CommissionYear Published: 2013 Birds and bats have become important factors in the siting and permitting of wind-energy facilities. Identifying methods to avoid, minimize, and mitigate bird and bat fatalities should help streamline wind energy permitting and reduce potential impacts to…
Publication: The Optimist DailyYear Published: 2021 Wind turbines are a great source of renewable energy in blustery climates, but like every solution, there are potential risks to be weighed as well. Turbines take a toll on local birds, bats, and insects, and although the effects of turbines on large birds like condors and eagles are…
Author: David GallagherPublication: Cal Poly BIO 502Year Published: 2013 If you have driven over Tehachapi Pass on Highway 58, you probably could not have helped but notice the 500 or so wind turbines that dot the ridges. These turbines make-up the Alta Wind Energy Center, the largest wind farm in the United States at 1,320…
Author: Nic SharpleyPublication: Windpower Engineering & DevelopmentYear Published: 2013 Unfortunately, the wind industry does not yet have a handle on the issue of the rising bat mortality rate. Researchers initially believed bat deaths at wind farms were the same as birds, but autopsies have revealed a more complex situation. Currently, there is no quick fix…
Author: Jason W. Horn, Edward B Arnett, Thomas H. KunzPublication: J. Wildlife ManagementYear Published: 2008 Wind power is one of the fastest growing sectors of the energy industry. Recent studies have reported large numbers of migratory tree-roosting bats being killed at utility-scale wind power facilities, especially in the eastern United States. We used thermal infrared…
Author: Thomas Kunz, Edward Arnett, Brian Cooper, Wallace Erickson, Ronald Larkin, Todd Mabee, Michael Morrison, Dale Strickland, and Joseph SzewczakPublication: J. Wildlife ManagementYear Published: 2007 Our purpose is to provide researchers, consultants, decision-makers, and other stakeholders with guidance to methods and metrics for investigating nocturnally active birds and bats in relation to utility-scale wind-energy development.…
Author: Federica Roscioni, Hugo Rebelo, Danilo Russo, Maria Laura Carranza, Mirko Di Febbraro, Anna LoyPublication: Lanscape EcolYear Published: 2014 Little is known about the potentially disrupting effects of wind farms on the habitat connectivity of flying vertebrates at the landscape scale. We developed a regional-scale model to assess the wind farm impact on bat migration…