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Avian Migration and Implications for Wind Power Development in the Eastern United States.

DE2005837478

Publication Date	2005
Page Count	12
Abstract	This session at the Wind Energy and Birds/Bats workshop consisted of two presentations followed by a discussion/question and answer period. The session was arranged to convey what is known about avian migration, particularly in the eastern US. The first presentation Migration Ecology: Issues of Scale and Behavior by Sarah Mabey frames the issue of migratory bird interactions with wind energy facilities from an ecological perspective: when, where, and why are migrant bird species vulnerable to wind turbine collision. The second presentation Radar Studies of Nocturnal Migration at Wind Sites in the Eastern US by Brian Cooper reported on radar studies conducted at wind sites in the eastern US, including Mount Storm, Clipper Wind, and others.
Keywords	Electric power production Wind power Bird migrations Birds Ecology Energy facilities Radar Wind turbines Eastern Region(United States) Environmental impacts Population dynamics Nocturnal migrations Ecosystems Wind turbine collisions Migrant bird species Wind turbine arrays
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Dept. of Zoology.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522

Avian Migration and Implications for Wind Power Development in the Eastern United States.

Avian Migration and Implications for Wind Power Development in the Eastern United States.
DE2005837478

Publication Date	2005
Page Count	12
Abstract	This session at the Wind Energy and Birds/Bats workshop consisted of two presentations followed by a discussion/question and answer period. The session was arranged to convey what is known about avian migration, particularly in the eastern US. The first presentation Migration Ecology: Issues of Scale and Behavior by Sarah Mabey frames the issue of migratory bird interactions with wind energy facilities from an ecological perspective: when, where, and why are migrant bird species vulnerable to wind turbine collision. The second presentation Radar Studies of Nocturnal Migration at Wind Sites in the Eastern US by Brian Cooper reported on radar studies conducted at wind sites in the eastern US, including Mount Storm, Clipper Wind, and others.
Keywords	Electric power production Wind power Bird migrations Birds Ecology Energy facilities Radar Wind turbines Eastern Region(United States) Environmental impacts Population dynamics Nocturnal migrations Ecosystems Wind turbine collisions Migrant bird species Wind turbine arrays
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Dept. of Zoology.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522