A smart curtailment approach for reducing bat fatalities and curtailment time at wind energy facilities

• Published in: Ecological applications p. e01881
• Main Authors: Hayes, Mark A, Hooton, Lauren A, Gilland, Karen L, Grandgent, Chuck, Smith, Robin L, Lindsay, Stephen R, Collins, Jason D, Schumacher, Susan M, Rabie, Paul A, Gruver, Jeffrey C, Goodrich-Mahoney, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2019
• Subjects: ReBAT; wind energy development; smart curtailment; operational mitigation; turbine integrated mortality reduction; Chiroptera; Wisconsin

The development and expansion of wind energy is considered a key global threat to bat populations. Bat carcasses are being found underneath wind turbines across North and South America, Eurasia, Africa, and the Austro-Pacific. However, relatively little is known about the comparative impacts of tech...