Texas Wind Farm Uses NASA Radar to Prevent Bird Deaths
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May 2, 2009 by admin
photo: Chrishna via flickr
What do you do if you build a wind farm smack dab in the middle of a major bird migration route, and want to avert the anger of conservationists? Put up a radar system that’s designed to shut down the entire thing when it detects a mass of birds on the way. That’s what’s been done at the 202 MW Peñascal Wind Farm in Texas:…
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