National Wind Watch: Wind Energy Documents » Wildlife

The Mount Fyans Wind Energy Facility (the Project) involves the construction and operation of a 400-megawatt, 81 turbine wind energy facility with associated infrastructure. The Project extends o...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/mount-fyans-wind-energy-facility-planning-panel-report/

Abstract: The rapid growth of clean energy technologies is driving a rising demand for critical minerals. In 2022 at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/threat-of-mining-to-african-great-apes/

Recent whale and dolphin fatalities on the Eastern seaboard, coupled with concerns about the acoustic impact of offshore wind farm construction, prompted an independent investigation to measure a...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/pile-driving-noise-survey/

Reports of recent whale and dolphin deaths on and near the New York and New Jersey shores, and public concerns of marine noise impacts from offshore wind development activities, prompted an inves...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/sonar-vessel-noise-survey/

The increasing use of onshore wind energy is leading to an increased deployment of wind turbines in structurally rich habitats such as forests. Forest-affiliated bats, in turn, are at risk of co...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/forest-bat-activity-declines-with-increasing-wind-speed-in-proximity-of-operating-wind-turbines/

Highlights 63 %, 72 %, and 67 % of bird, bat, and mammal cases respectively reported displacement. Cranes, owls and semi-domestic reindeer were displaced on average up to 5 km. Bats were disp...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/how-far-are-birds-bats-and-terrestrial-mammals-displaced-from-onshore-wind-power-development-a-systematic-review/

The transition to renewable energy has spurred many efforts to scale up the U.S. portfolio of efficient clean energy resources, including the development of offshore wind farms. The Nantucket Sho...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/potential-hydrodynamic-impacts-of-offshore-wind-energy-on-nantucket-shoals-regional-ecology-an-evaluation-from-wind-to-whales/

Highlights Wind turbine noise (WTN) can have a detrimental effect on nearby wildlife. WTN can harm vital survival, social, and rearing mechanisms in certain species. Planning guidelines in the US...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/noise-pollution-from-wind-turbines-and-its-effects-on-wildlife-a-cross-national-analysis-of-current-policies-and-planning-regulations/

The evidence that offshore wind energy vessel surveys are the cause of the recent New Jersey whale and dolphin deaths consists of the following elements, listed below and then each presented in d...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/evidence-that-offshore-wind-energy-vessel-surveys-are-the-cause-of-the-recent-new-jersey-whale-and-dolphin-deaths/

Will our environmental laws ensure the protection of endangered species? Revolution Wind alone will potentially violate the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangere...

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/windpower-and-whales/