November 11, 2009
My post on Wind Farms and Avian Mortality continues to generate a good deal of interest. I’m impressed with the amount of skepticism and questioning it generated…This is good; questioning is the very reason I wrote the post.
Bird watchers and bat lovers need to know more about how ‘tall man-made structures’ affect flying animals. So I contacted Bill Evans, [...]
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September 15, 2009
One Texas wind farm project has employed radar technology that can sense a flock of migrating birds up to 4 miles away, which causes the wind turbines to shut down. Promising idea, but a closer look shows why bird mortality will more likely be avoided due to the farm’s proper siting within the flyway. All eyes on Penascal in Texas, and soon, Vermont…
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