Ecological impacts of wind farms on birds: Questions, hypotheses, and research needs

Shifeng Wang; Sicong Wang; Pete Smith

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.031

Ecological impacts of wind farms on birds: Questions, hypotheses, and research needs

Shifeng Wang^*, Sicong Wang, Pete Smith

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Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

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Abstract

Wind power is increasingly being used worldwide as an important contribution to renewable energy, due to its low greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels. However, it has been suggested that the development of wind power has caused an adverse impacts on birds. We summarise current evidence of bird fatalities resulting from wind power, outline the reasons why and how birds are killed by wind power developments, and identify research needs to better inform researchers, decision makers, developers and other stakeholders, to help mitigate any adverse impacts of wind power developments on birds. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	599-607
Number of pages	9
Journal	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume	44
Early online date	22 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.031
Publication status	Published - Apr 2015

Keywords

wind energy
bird fatality
habitat
ecosystem
renewable energy
energy development
collision
mortality
bats
risk

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Ecological impacts of wind farms on birds: Questions, hypotheses, and research needs

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