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Wind Energy and Wildlife Interactions

Presentations from the CWW2015 Conference

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  • Assessment of interactions and impacts of birds and bats with wind turbines, such as for the strongly protected red kite and multispecies assessment of avian mortality rates

  • New insights in understanding and mitigating impacts on wildlife and their habitats (e.g. curtailment algorithm for bats, shutdown on demand for birds)

  • Review of current research of location and spatial design of wind turbines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Species Behavior and Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Red Kites and Wind Farms—Telemetry Data from the Core Breeding Range

      • Hermann Hötker, Kerstin Mammen, Ubbo Mammen, Leonid Rasran
      Pages 3-15
  3. Collision Risk and Fatality Estimation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Unforeseen Responses of a Breeding Seabird to the Construction of an Offshore Wind Farm

      • Andrew J. P. Harwood, Martin R. Perrow, Richard J. Berridge, Mark L. Tomlinson, Eleanor R. Skeate
      Pages 19-41
    3. A Large-Scale, Multispecies Assessment of Avian Mortality Rates at Land-Based Wind Turbines in Northern Germany

      • Thomas Grünkorn, Jan Blew, Oliver Krüger, Astrid Potiek, Marc Reichenbach, Jan von Rönn et al.
      Pages 43-64
    4. A Method to Assess the Population-Level Consequences of Wind Energy Facilities on Bird and Bat Species

      • Jay E. Diffendorfer, Julie A. Beston, Matthew D. Merrill, Jessica C. Stanton, Margo D. Corum, Scott R. Loss et al.
      Pages 65-76
  4. Landscape Features and Gradients

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Bat Activity at Nacelle Height Over Forest

      • Hendrik Reers, Stefanie Hartmann, Johanna Hurst, Robert Brinkmann
      Pages 79-98
  5. Mitigation, Compensation, Effectiveness of Measures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Radar Assisted Shutdown on Demand Ensures Zero Soaring Bird Mortality at a Wind Farm Located in a Migratory Flyway

      • Ricardo Tomé, Filipe Canário, Alexandre H. Leitão, Nadine Pires, Miguel Repas
      Pages 119-133
    3. Mitigating Bat Mortality with Turbine-Specific Curtailment Algorithms: A Model Based Approach

      • Oliver Behr, Robert Brinkmann, Klaus Hochradel, Jürgen Mages, Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Ivo Niermann et al.
      Pages 135-160
    4. Is There a State-of-the-Art to Reduce Pile-Driving Noise?

      • Michael A. Bellmann, Jan Schuckenbrock, Siegfried Gündert, Michael Müller, Hauke Holst, Patrick Remmers
      Pages 161-172
  6. Monitoring and Long-Term Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
  7. Planning and Siting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. Wind Farms in Areas of High Ornithological Value—Conflicts, Solutions, Challenges: The Case of Thrace, Greece

      • Alkis Kafetzis, Elzbieta Kret, Dora Skartsi, Dimitris Vasilakis, Ioli Christopoulou
      Pages 191-205
    3. A Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects (FAECE) of Offshore Wind Farms on Birds, Bats and Marine Mammals in the Southern North Sea

      • Maarten Platteeuw, Joop Bakker, Inger van den Bosch, Aylin Erkman, Martine Graafland, Suzanne Lubbe et al.
      Pages 219-237

About this book

This book presents a selection of new insights in understanding and mitigating impacts on wildlife and their habitats.  Topics such as, species behaviour and responses; collision risk and fatality estimation;  landscape features and gradients, are considered.

Other chapters in the book  cover the results of current research on mitigation; compensation; effectiveness of measures;  monitoring and long-term effects;  planning  and siting.
Examples are given of current research on shutdown on demand and curtailment algorithms.
By identifying what we have learned so far, and which predominate uncertainties and gaps remain for future research, this book  contributes to the most up to date knowledge on research and management options.

This book includes presentations from the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife impacts (CWW15), March 2015, hosted by the Berlin Institute of Technology, which offered a platform to national and international participants to showcase the current state of knowledge in wind energy’s wildlife implications. 

Reviews

“This book covers 16 research papers in 7 sections over 289 pages, matching the main themes of the conference, and providing a global focus that is warmly welcomed. … the reader will not be disappointed by the diversity and breadth of issues covered, and the Editor and contributing authors should be congratulated on a significant advancement to our understanding of the impacts of wind farms on wildlife.” (Chris B. Thaxter, Bird Study, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School VI – Planning Building Environment, Environmental Assessment and Planning Research Group, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany

    Johann Köppel

About the editor

Johann Köppel is a full professor at the Berlin Institute of Technology (Germany) and head of the Environmental Assessment and Planning (Research Group) (www.umweltpruefung.tu-berlin.de). He specializes in impact assessments, and has been involved in the sustainable development of wind energy since more than a decade. He served in CWW’s scientific committees since 2011 and hosted the CWW2015 conference in Berlin. Current relevant research focuses on a horizon scan as far as ‘emerging issues’ for future research and applications are concerned. Contact: johann.koeppel@tu-berlin.de






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