Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base provides access to information about the environmental effects of marine and wind energy, supporting OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents and OES-Environmental metadata forms are compiled into a user-friendly table with advanced filtering. Filters may be selected on the right, or keywords entered in the Search Text box. Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers.
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Avian and Bat Protection Plan for the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility | Ocotillo Express | February 2012 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Raptors |
Avian and Bat Protection Plan: AWA Goodhue Wind Project | Westwood Professional Services | December 2011 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds |
Best Management Practices for siting, developing, operating, and monitoring renewable energy in the Intermountain West: A Conservationist's Guide | Jones, A. | March 2012 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds, Raptors, Terrestrial Mammals |
Bird Mortality in Two Dutch Wind Farms: Effects of Location, Spatial Design and Interactions with Powerlines | Brenninkmeijer, A., Klop, E. | February 2017 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
Bird species of concern at wind farms in New Zealand | Powlesland, R. | September 2009 | Book | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
Conflicts Between Birds and On-Shore Wind Farms | Zwart, M., et al. | January 2016 | Book Chapter | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes | Loss, S., Will, T., Marra, P. | December 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
Draft Black Oak & Getty Wind Avian and Bat Protection Plan | Black Oak Wind, Getty Wind Company | February 2012 | Report | Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds |