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

[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.

[发布日期] 2011-10-31

[学科分类] 再生能源与代替技术

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