Session: What Have Studies of Communications Towers Suggested Regarding the Impact of Guy Wires and Lights on Birds and Bats.

Kerlinger, P.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Wind turbines;    Birds;    Bats;    Environmental impacts;    Risk assessment;   

RP-ID  :  DE2005837479

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

This session at the Wind Energy and Birds/Bats workshop consisted of one presentation followed by a discussion/question and answer period. The paper 'Wind turbines and Avian Risk: Lessons from Communications Towers' was given by Paul Kerlinger. The presenter outlined lessons that have been learned from research on communications (not cell) towers and about the impacts of guy wires and lights on birds and bats and how they could be useful to wind energy developers. The paper also provided specific information about a large 'fatality' event that occurred at the Mountaineer, WC wind energy site in May 2003, and a table of Night Migrant Carcass search findings for various wind sites in the US.