Solution is to restrain blades from turning at all during low wind periods-
Scientists Find Successful Way To Reduce Bat Deaths At Wind Turbines. ScienceDaily
Scientists Find Successful Way To Reduce Bat Deaths At Wind Turbines
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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2 responses to “Scientists Find Successful Way To Reduce Bat Deaths At Wind Turbines”
Excellent news
Any bats in the ocean??
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/earth/05wind.html