Abstract
Sub-group topics:
- Update/reorganizing of the list of references
- Compilation of data on bat mortality per country
- Updating of tables on monitoring studies done in Europe and on bats ́ behaviour in relation to windfarms
- Mitigation and compensation measures
- Estimation of mortality rate taking into consideration predation, efficiency and controlled area; choose of best estimator for Europe
- Impact of mortality rate on populations
- Deterrents, technical mitigation systems and automated monitoring systems
- Maximum foraging distances of species
- Collect national guidelines
- Use of dogs vs humans during carcass searches
- Comparing measurement of activity at ground level and rotor height
- Small Wind Turbines
- Offshore windfarms
- Wind farms and forests
- Implementation of mitigation and post-construction monitoring
- 200m buffer distance to habitats particularly important for bats
- Sensitivity maps
Past Reports include:
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2012
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2013
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2014
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2015
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2016
- Report of the IWG on Wind Turbines and Bat Populations 2017