How to Protect Bats and Birds from Wind Turbines, High Rise Infrastructures

Vultures, eagles, and bats are facing a big problem. The exact same areas they enjoy, where air currents along enormous peaks lift them as they soar, are great places for wind farm developers.

Oregon State University researchers create sensors that can detect when anything touches a wind turbine blade, allowing operators to prevent more collisions by shutting down turbines. With such sensors, which researchers are putting to the test by shooting tennis balls at turbine blades, cameras might be fitted on turbines to show operators if birds or bats are there.

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