Sentences with phrase «while operating the wind turbines»

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Regarding birds and wind turbines, modern turbine designs and the use of pre-siting surveys and mortality monitoring while wind farms are being operated has drastically cut the problem.

While there are no global warming emissions associated with operating wind turbines, there are emissions associated with other stages of a wind turbine's life - cycle, including materials production, materials transportation, on - site construction and assembly, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning and dismantlement.

While existing noise guidelines are accepted by some authorities, it is now evident that these are insufficient to meet environmental requirements for a healthy human existence for some who report adverse health effects after Industrial Wind Turbines begin operating.

Critics argue, for example, that a wind turbine farm can only operate at a «capacity factor» (a ratio that measures the potential output of an energy source against its actual output) of 30 to 35 percent, while a nuclear reactor operates at around 90 percent.