Sentences with phrase «turbines as birds»

There also are concerns about bird and bat fatalities with wind technology, although there may be radar systems that can slow wind turbines as birds approach.

Trump has said he opposes an offshore wind farm within view of his Scotland golf course and he has criticized wind turbines as bird killers.

Turbines like this are unlikely to please the NIMBY anti-wind crowd, but we'll just have to keep reminding them that wind turbines as bird - killers are largely an eco-myth - and that climate change is no fun to have in your backyard either!

Not exact matches

The studies examine everything from viable ports to turbine manufacturing and wind - farm construction and staging to the need for cables, pipelines and other infrastructure, as well as the impact on birds, bats and fish.

Possibilities include the creation of de facto marine reserves as fish cluster under the fields of floating turbines, loss of birds that fly into the turbines, entanglement of sea creatures in cables used to tether the turbines to the seafloor, and disruption of movement patterns of underwater animals.

«These findings have implications for airport safety but also have potential applications for agriculture and for alternative energy sources such as solar farms, where birds living and feeding in the area can cause disruption, and around wind turbines where the birds are at risk of collision and the threat to birds can sometimes be a legislative barrier,» Professor Swaddle added.

Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

From what Loss knows of estimates of other perils to birds such as wind turbines and vehicle kills, he says, «nothing else comes close.»

(The Condor: Ornithological Applications, May 6, 2015)-- Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

This happens occasionally when people complain (as they rightly did) about the death toll on birds by the turbines being used at the time.

I'm all for «bird smart» deployment of wind turbines, as long as there's also «bird smart» deployment of cats, as well.

Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

(It appears supporting industrial - scale wind turbines that kill birds and bats did not deter the Ontario Liberal government from appointing Ms. Saxe as commissioner of the environment.)

I bet you have all those Oil company checks in your swiss bank account as I do mine from the Nuclear industry that I was accused of by a local greenie and my «Split Atoms not Birds...» remark concerning my opposition to Wind turbines....

By contrast, a March 2013 study in the Wildlife Society Bulletin estimates that land - based wind turbines killed as many as 573,000 birds in 2012.

A recent National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) review of peer - reviewed research found evidence of bird and bat deaths from collisions with wind turbines and due to changes in air pressure caused by the spinning turbines, as well as from habitat disruption.

There are also concerns that wind turbine farms — particularly large ones — may disturb migratory birds, and serve as a source of noise pollution for those living and working nearby.

The RSPB — supposed guardians of Britain's birdlife — makes hundreds of thousands of pounds in partnership with the wind industry, despite the fact that wind turbines around the world kill as many as 22 million birds every year, including rare and protected species such as America's national bird the Bald Eagle, Whooping Cranes and Hen Harriers.

As wind turbine technology catches up with the latest solar cell inventions, other research on bird collision risk and marine mammal injury mitigation will complete preparations for larger scale wind - energy projects, just as recent research is also providing evidence of varying bird risks occurring at different heights (and for different speciesAs wind turbine technology catches up with the latest solar cell inventions, other research on bird collision risk and marine mammal injury mitigation will complete preparations for larger scale wind - energy projects, just as recent research is also providing evidence of varying bird risks occurring at different heights (and for different speciesas recent research is also providing evidence of varying bird risks occurring at different heights (and for different species.)

«Therefore, supposing for example that wind farms would kill twice as many bats as they do birds, the figures would be: 111 — 333 birds per turbine per year, and 222 — 666 bats per turbine / year.

As he suggested in his State of the Union speech, President Obama seems willing to generate electricity for three million homes by blanketing a million acres of public lands with taxpayer - subsidized, bird - killing wind turbines, habitat - smothering solar panels, high - voltage transmission lines, and gas - fired backup units.

The fact is, many more birds (and bats) are dying at operating wind plants than we know, and as the turbines spread, mortality will increase.

Originally posted on rhymeafterrhyme: Tens of thousands of birds, many of them endangered species, are being killed by wind turbines every year and as we build more even more will be killed.

Shawn Smallwood, a renowned expert on birds and wind turbines, estimated that about 2,000 raptors are killed each year, along with as many as 8,000 other birds and bats.

But if you remove the «killer turbines», the next ones in the row will become end - of - row turbines, and will kill as many birds.

But if Spain has a population of 40,000 vultures, there are only 400 California condors, most of them likely to have close encounters with Kern County's projected wind turbines at some point in their long lives — unless the birds are kept captive, as many presently are.

As many as 600 additional turbines could be added, some within the Saginaw Bay Important Bird Area and less than three miles from the lakeshore, in defiance of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recommendations and potentially affecting birds like Kirtland's Warblers (shownAs many as 600 additional turbines could be added, some within the Saginaw Bay Important Bird Area and less than three miles from the lakeshore, in defiance of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recommendations and potentially affecting birds like Kirtland's Warblers (shownas 600 additional turbines could be added, some within the Saginaw Bay Important Bird Area and less than three miles from the lakeshore, in defiance of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recommendations and potentially affecting birds like Kirtland's Warblers (shown).

As a result, bird mortality from collisions is escalating every year, especially in areas where turbines and their associated power lines and towers have been poorly sited from the perspective of bird conservation.

The annual loss of birds from wind turbines was estimated as high as 573,000 in 2012.

There is also evidence that ground nesting birds, such as prairie - chickens and sage grouse, may avoid areas with wind turbines.

«While we support wind energy as a sustainable energy source, we insist that turbines be sited where their impacts to birds and other wildlife can be minimized.

As the industry has matured, turbines have grown larger, making them far more powerful while at the same time safer for birds and bats.

This breaks down as approximately 110 — 330 birds per turbine per year and 200 — 670 bats per year.

Wind power is not as prevalent in Hawaii because the wind turbines are seen as a threat to the islands» unique bird species.

The contracts given out for $ 3.3 B in new wind power in 2016 should be cancelled, as well as contracts for any projects not yet built, such as the Amherst Island project which has been dubbed «the worst place» for wind turbines because of its effect on migratory birds and other wildlife, to say nothing of a heritage Loyalist community.

Yet, recent studies highlight that so - called green energy, such as wind energy, may come at environmental costs, for example when wind turbines kill birds and bats.

Post-operation, the numbers of bat deaths and bird kills far exceed what was expected from the wind turbines, noise complaints are being made more frequently as a result of more powerful turbines, and wind power companies have abused their approvals by removing trees from protected woodlands, for example, or placing turbines on sites not consistent with the approvals.

Those enormous blades also exact a toll on many species of marine birds, raptors and migrating land birds, and even bats that are attracted to the turbines as far as 14 km (9 miles) offshore.

Then in 2016, Donald Trump offered a more general critique of wind energy noting that wind turbines are «killing all the eagles» despite studies showing that tall buildings, like those built by real estate developers such as Mr. Trump, cause much higher rates of bird mortality than wind turbines do.

*** Wind turbines killing more than just local birds, study finds Purdue University Brian Wallheimer 28 September 2016 EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby.

The dispute underscores the conflicts between conservation groups and renewable energy interests, such as the ongoing issue with wind turbine farms imposing dangers to birds.

The Audubon statement came as a shock to some bird lovers since wind turbines kill between 2,300 and 6,600 birds every year, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Audubon.

Turbines should be (and are) designed with avoiding bird strikes as a high priority.

As for wind turbine impacts everyone accepts the fact that turbine blades kill birds and bats.

The mating and nesting behavior of Lesser Prairie Chickens (and other ground birds, such as the Sage Grouse) is known to be adversely affected by tall structures, which obviously include industrial - scale wind turbines.

The wind turbine symbol of all that is good, renewable, green and politically correct is in reality an environmental holocaust for countries, such as China, that manufacture wind turbine parts, a subsidised failure at reliable electricity generation globally, they blight the lives of people forced to live within their shadow and they kill birds in huge numbers.