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American Bird Conservancy’s Bird-Smart Wind Energy Program promotes bird-friendly solutions to advance the sustainable development of wind energy, while minimizing impacts to bird life.
29 maj 2024 · Advanced blade designs or vertical axis wind turbines—which look a bit like the paddle attachment for a stand mixer—can reduce bird deaths while generating more energy per foot.
One of the greenest types of energy poses a conservation conundrum – wind farms can lead to collisions with birds and bats. Is there way to build them so they don't harm animals?
30 kwi 2024 · Wind turbines can pose a deadly risk to migrating birds, but there are ways to dramatically reduce crashes. Across Europe's rugged mountains, a hopeful change is underway: vultures are back.
30 paź 2019 · 1. Illuminating Turbines with Dim Ultraviolet Light. Researcher prepares unmanned aerial vehicle that approximates the size and flight of an eagle. Photo: Werner Slocum, NREL. Bats may mistake turbine towers for tree silhouettes and approach in their nightlong search for insects.
27 mar 2021 · Wind turbine farms, which are now found in nations around the world, are environmentally-friendly and great for generating power in the right conditions. There’s only one big problem — the big spinning propeller blades kills birds.
But the condor-detection system is just one of a host of technologies being developed and tested at government labs, universities, and tech companies across the country that aim to make wind energy safer for birds.
