Considering hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) home ranges to assess...
Abstract Renewable energy development plays an important role in mitigating climate change, but poses challenges to biodiversity. The hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), a protected arboreal...
View ArticleKodiak Island wind turbine specs
The Kodiak Electric Association owns, operates, and maintains an isolated grid. The system runs on hydro (85%) and wind (15%, with flywheels and battery storage systems). KEA also maintains diesel...
View ArticleEfficacy of Painting Wind Turbine Blades as a Mitigation Measure to Reduce...
ABSTRACT: One of the most notable impacts of wind energy is bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines, making it necessary to adopt measures to prevent or mitigate this impact. In recent...
View ArticleReview of Veltheim 2018, 2019 and 2022: Australian Southern Brolga – Breeding...
Why this review? The Endangered Australian Southern Brolga (Antigone rubicunda) is a problem for the wind industry because it impedes the rollout of wind farms across Western Victoria. Previous...
View ArticleEvaluating interactive effects of the Conservation Reserve Program and wind...
Abstract: The extent of grasslands has contracted globally, leading to significant declines in grassland-obligate species, including birds. Grassland birds are threatened by multiple factors, including...
View ArticleMistimed surveys lead to underestimated migratory bird impacts from wind farms
Abstract: Accurately estimating the likelihood of occurrence of threatened species is essential for effective impact assessments at development sites. Current survey guidelines often rely on coarse,...
View ArticleDisrupted Skies: How Offshore Wind Farms Alter Flight Behavior of Breeding...
ABSTRACT: Offshore wind farms are expanding rapidly as part of global climate mitigation efforts, but their effects on seabird movement behavior remain incompletely understood. While collision risk has...
View ArticleMapping the Evidence for Cumulative Adverse Effects of Offshore Wind...
Abstract: Offshore wind (OSW) energy is rapidly expanding worldwide as countries aim to decarbonize their electrical grids. However, as OSW scales up to meet increasing demand, concerns about...
View ArticleBarotrauma is a significant cause of bat fatalities at wind turbines
Summary: Bird fatalities at some wind energy facilities around the world have been documented for decades, but the issue of bat fatalities at such facilities – primarily involving migratory species...
View ArticleProjected impacts of future offshore wind farms on coastal precipitation over...
Abstract: Offshore wind energy plays a central role in reaching the European Green Deal target of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. In this study, we simulate offshore wind development for 2023, 2030,...
View ArticleBeauty and the Blades: The Local Economic Impact of Wind Turbines
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of wind turbine visibility on tourism outcomes. Using data from Italy from 1998 to 2019, we show that the visibility of wind turbines reduces tourist...
View ArticleMitigating wildlife collisions with wind turbines: A review of techniques,...
Highlights Wind turbine collisions pose serious risks to bats and birds. Radar, cameras, and acoustic sensors aid in collision detection and mitigation. No single technology can address all risks. A...
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Letter to UNESCO regarding the Gawara Baya Wind Farm approval
RE: Gawara Baya Wind Farm Approval (EPBC 2021/9066) I wish to urgently alert you to multiple significant issues relating to endangered species and the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area...
View ArticleImpact of Wind Turbines on Near-Surface Microclimate and Soil Moisture Under...
Abstract: The widespread deployment of wind-energy systems locally alters near-surface turbulent transport processes of energy, affecting temperatures and soil moisture. This study, for the first time,...
View ArticleClimatic Impacts of Large-Scale Wind Farms in Arid and Semi-arid Region in...
[Abstract] With the rapid expansion of China’s wind power industry, the local climatic impacts of large-scale wind farms, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions, have attracted increasing...
View ArticleReview on Near-Surface Meteorological Variations Induced by Wind Turbines
Abstract. This review synthesizes more than two decades of research on near-surface meteorological variations induced by wind turbines and wind farms, combining evidence from field measurement...
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Turbulence drives seabed modification by offshore windfarms
Abstract— The drive to cut carbon emissions and harness renewable energy has spurred rapid industrialization of the seas. Current estimates of seabed modification due to offshore windfarms (ca. 1% of a...
View ArticleBehavior of red-tailed hawks in a wind turbine development
Abstract: Birds flying within windfarms can be killed when they collide with wind turbines. Raptors, especially red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), are more susceptible to collisions than other...
View ArticleBehavioral accommodation of nesting hawks to wind turbines
ABSTRACT— The most direct effects of wind energy development on birds are rotor blade strikes and collisions with wind turbines. Probability of a blade strike is affected by the rates at which a bird...
View ArticleA study of White-Tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla movements and mortality at...
The wind power plant on the island of Smøla, western Norway, is currently the largest in Norway; it has 68 turbines with nominal capacity of 2–2.3 MW each, hub height of 70 m and rotor blade radius of...
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