Energy Generation and Birds
Professional environmental justice warriors like to accuse wind turbines of being bird meat choppers. Yesterday night on German television our favorite Krimi (detective) Tatort, showing a battle between a wind turbine manufacturer and bird protectors. Der Spiegel evaluates the program and refers to a Danish study with the following result:
Number of birds killed per GWh generated electric energy:
Wind – 0.27
Fossil – 5.18
Case closed.
P.S. why is it so difficult to mount a few low energy led lights in/on the rotor blades, so the birds are warned, especially in offshore operation?
[greenwichwindpark.com] – The avian benefits of wind energy: A 2009 update
[spiegel.de] – “Tatort”-Faktencheck: Kungeln Naturschützer wirklich mit der Industrie?
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