Wind farm flow control: prospects and challenges

J Meyers, C Bottasso, K Dykes… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind farm control has been a topic of research for more than two decades. It has been
identified as a core component of grand challenges in wind energy science to support …

Solar photovoltaic energy development and biodiversity conservation: Current knowledge and research gaps

J Gómez‐Catasús, MB Morales, D Giralt… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaic (PV) has become the second renewable energy source, giving rise to
potential conflicts with biodiversity conservation. However, the information available about …

Using weather radar to help minimize wind energy impacts on nocturnally migrating birds

EB Cohen, JJ Buler, KG Horton, SR Loss… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As wind energy rapidly expands worldwide, information to minimize impacts of this
development on biodiversity is urgently needed. Here we demonstrate how data collected …

A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor

M Murgatroyd, W Bouten, A Amar - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid growth of wind energy developments world‐wide, it is critical that the negative
impacts on wildlife are considered and mitigated. This includes minimising the number of …

Winds at departure shape seasonal patterns of nocturnal bird migration over the North Sea

M Bradarić, W Bouten, RC Fijn… - Journal of Avian …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
On their migratory journeys, terrestrial birds can come across large inhospitable areas with
limited opportunities to rest and refuel. Flight over these areas poses a risk especially when …

Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities

M Huso, T Conkling, D Dalthorp, M Davis… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reduction in wildlife mortality is often cited as a potential advantage to repowering wind
facilities, that is, replacing smaller, lower capacity, closely spaced turbines, with larger …

Flight behaviour of Red Kites within their breeding area in relation to local weather variables: Conclusions with regard to wind turbine collision mitigation

J Aschwanden, H Stark, F Liechti - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Birds and bats are prone to collisions with wind turbines. To reduce the number of bat
collisions, weather variables are commonly used to shut down wind turbines when a certain …

Forecasting nocturnal bird migration for dynamic aeroconservation: The value of short‐term datasets

M Bradarić, B Kranstauber, W Bouten… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Placing wind turbines within large migration flyways, such as the North Sea basin, can
contribute to the decline of vulnerable migratory bird populations by increasing mortality …

The species-specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species

M Scacco, E Arrondo, JA Donázar, A Flack… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Soaring birds depend on atmospheric uplifts and are sensitive to wind energy
development. Predictive modelling is instrumental to forecast conflicts between human …

What causes bird‐building collision risk? Seasonal dynamics and weather drivers

KM Scott, A Danko, P Plant, R Dakin - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bird‐building collisions are a major source of wild bird mortality, with hundreds of millions of
fatalities each year in the United States and Canada alone. Here, we use two decades of …