Yes, the older wind farms that comprise small turbines close to the ground are far more deadly than modern behemoths that are more widely spaced and way taller.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Apparently there have been some turbines built in California right in the > path of migratory birds that have been just bird slaughtering machines. Not > a problem in most cases and I suspect a "migratory bird study" is now > required for the building of wind turbines...I'd also guess its a bigger > problem with smaller, faster turning turbines. These 1.5MW units are like > 300rpm. > > > -Curt > > On Thursday, August 9, 2018, 1:47:59 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > How many MW of turbine capacity would it take for USA turbine bird kill > numbers to approach house cat or motor vehicle bird kills? > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
