Minimizing Collision Impacts for Bats at Operational Wind Facilities, Part 1: Curtailment (an AWWI Webinar)

Name: Minimizing Collision Impacts for Bats at Operational Wind Facilities, Part 1: Curtailment (an AWWI Webinar)
Start: 2021-10-04T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-10-04T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Free Webinar

This is the first in a series of two webinars hosted by the American Wind Wildlife Institute and sponsored by NREL and the Department of Energy on technologies and strategies to minimize bat collision fatalities at operating wind facilities.

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Time & Location

Oct 04, 2021, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT

Free Webinar

About the Event

Presentations:

What We Know About the Efficacy of Curtailment After a Decade of Research and Why it MattersPresenters: Winifred Frick and Michael Whitby, Bat Conservation International
Reviewing the Effectiveness and Measurement of Curtailment Strategies for Reducing Bat Fatalities at Terrestrial Wind FarmsPresenter: Evan Adams, Biodiversity Research Institute
Status of DOE-Funded Smart/Informed Curtailment ProjectsPresenter: Cris Hein, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Are Bat Activity and Mortality Best Predicted by Weather Measured On-Site or at Off-Site Regional Airports?Presenter: Rhett Good, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc.
Approaches to Developing Smart Curtailment Algorithms for Bats and Birds: Big Data and Machine Learning Perspectives from BatCast and BirdCastPresenter: Andrew Farnsworth, Cornell Lab of Ornithology