Win(d)-Win(d) Solutions for wind developers and bats

Hein, Cris ; Schirmacher, Michael ; Arnett, Ed ; Huso, Manuela

关键词: ACOUSTIC MONITORING;    CONSTRUCTION;    MORTALITY;    TURBINES;    WEATHER;    WIND POWER;    BATS Wind;    wildlife;    bats and wind energy;    pre-construction;    post-construction;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1038838
RP-ID  :  Final Report
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1038838
Others  :  TRN: US201209%%272

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Bat Conservation International initiated a multi-year, pre-construction study in mid-summer 2009 to investigate patterns of bat activity and evaluate the use of acoustic monitoring to predict mortality of bats at the proposed Resolute Wind Energy Project (RWEP) in east-central Wyoming. The primary objectives of this study were to: (1) determine levels and patterns of activity for three phonic groups of bats (high-frequency emitting bats, low-frequency emitting bats, and hoary bats) using the proposed wind facility prior to construction of turbines; (2) determine if bat activity can be predicted based on weather patterns; correlate bat activity with weather variables; and (3) combine results from this study with those from similar efforts to determine if indices of pre-construction bat activity can be used to predict post-construction bat fatalities at proposed wind facilities. We report results from two years of pre-construction data collection.