Considerations on environmental, economic, and energy impacts of wind energy generation: Projections towards sustainability initiatives

G Msigwa, JO Ighalo, PS Yap - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy sector contributes significantly to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due
to the use of fossil fuels which leads to climate change problems. Worldwide, there is a shift …

Modelling potential visibility of wind turbines: A geospatial approach for planning and impact mitigation

H Alphan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been a dramatic increase in wind power supply due to the growing demand for
renewable energy sources across the globe. In this process, technological advancements …

Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats

CC Voigt, D Russo, V Runkel, HR Goerlitz - Mammal Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wind turbines (WTs) frequently kill bats worldwide. During environmental impact
assessments, consultant ecologists often use automated ultrasonic detectors (AUDs) to …

Drivers of bat activity at wind turbines advocate for mitigating bat exposure using multicriteria algorithm-based curtailment

K Barré, JSP Froidevaux, A Sotillo, C Roemer… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind turbine development is growing exponentially and faster than other sources of
renewable energy worldwide. While multi-turbine facilities have small physical footprint, they …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect

CC Voigt, K Kaiser, S Look, K Scharnweber… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bats are protected by national and international legislation in European countries, yet many
species, particularly migratory aerial insectivores, collide with wind turbines which …

Wind energy assessments in the northern Romanian coastal environment based on 20 years of data coming from different sources

V Yildirir, E Rusu, F Onea - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Based on the fact that the wind speed tends to increase as we go from onshore to offshore,
the aim of this work is to perform an analysis of a Romanian coastal sector located near the …

Diet analysis of bats killed at wind turbines suggests large‐scale losses of trophic interactions

C Scholz, CC Voigt - Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural practice has led to landscape simplification and biodiversity decline, yet
recently, energy‐producing infrastructures, such as wind turbines, have been added to these …

High vulnerability of juvenile Nathusius' pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus nathusii) at wind turbines

C Kruszynski, LD Bailey, L Bach, P Bach… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large numbers of bats are killed by wind turbines globally, yet the specific demographic
consequences of wind turbine mortality are still unclear. In this study, we compared …

Reducing bat mortality at wind farms using site-specific mitigation measures: a case study in the Mediterranean region, Croatia

D Rnjak, M Janeš, J Križan, O Antonić - Mammalia, 2023 - degruyter.com
A 4-year monitoring of bat fauna at Rudine wind farm in Croatia aimed to produce mitigation
measures to minimize both the number of bat fatalities and power loss in energy production …

Wind energy, its application, challenges, and potential environmental impact

MS Nazir, Y Wang, M Bilal, AN Abdalla - Handbook of Climate Change …, 2022 - Springer
Government and legislative authorities around the globe are concerned about the pollution-
related problems and criteria affecting the energy paradigm with ever-increasing …