REWI Webinar: Wings Unharmed: Global Approaches to Mitigating Wildlife Collisions - Part 1

The Technology Catalog webinar series continues with a new topic: Wings Unharmed: Global Approaches to Mitigating Wildlife Collisions. This topic will feature risk minimization technologies from the REWI Technology Catalog that have undergone effectiveness evaluations during the technology’s development. Technologies presented are within a technology readiness level of 6-9 or those that have been made commercially available in the United States or globally.

This webinar will introduce participants to scientists, researchers, developers, and manufacturers developing technologies to reduce wind energy risks to birds and bats, with a focus on real time monitoring through automated detection and acoustic sensing to mitigate risk. Registrants will hear about two current technologies in the REWI Technology Catalog: Turbine Integrated Mortality Reduction (TIMR) and ThruTracker. The webinar will follow up with a Q&A on the use of these technologies in renewable energy developments both in the United States and globally to protect wildlife and their habitats.

Moderator: La’ Portia J. Perkins, Project Manager, REWI

Speakers: 

• Eran Amichai, Senior Principal Scientist, Normandeau Associates
  • Technology: Turbine Integrated Mortality Reduction (TIMRSM)
  • Description: A smart curtailment technology designed to reduce bat fatalities at wind facilities and increase energy generation over other currently used curtailment strategies.
  • Technology Catalog Link: https://rewi.knack.com/rewi-research-hub#search-for-technologies/technology-profile/64650a6b8cfad406c8898b1f/
• Aaron Corcoran, Founder, ThruTracker Analytics
• Technology: ThruTracker
• Description: A software platform for automated detection, tracking, and quantification of wildlife in thermal and visible-spectrum video.
  Technology Catalog Link: https://rewi.knack.com/rewi-research-hub#search-for-technologies/technology-profile/699737c25012b9975e7f1034/