20 amazing wind farm photos
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Coexisting
I love this photo of the deer because it shows just how well wildlife adapts to the turbines. Farmers have reported seeing animals using the turbine shadows to escape the hot sun, distressed not a bit by the spinning blades overhead. The Spanish Fork Wind farm is located in Utah and is a smaller farm, providing energy to about 6,000 homes.
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Birds don't agree. Wind turbines kill millions annually.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS BIRDS ARE KILLED...Utility transmission and distribution lines, the backbone of our electrical power system, are responsible for 130 to 174 million bird deaths a year in the U.S.1 Many of the affected birds are those with large wingspans, including raptors and waterfowl. While attempting to land on power lines and poles, birds are sometimes electrocuted when their wings span between two hot wires. Many other birds are killed as their flight paths intersect.... More
Tall building and residential house windows also claim their share of birds. Some of the five million tall buildings in U.S. cities have been documented as being a chronic mortality problem for migrating birds. There are more than 100 million houses in the U.S. House windows are more of a problem for birds in rural areas than in cities or towns. While there are no required ongoing studies of bird mortality due to buildings or house windows, the best estimates put the toll due collisions with.... More
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS BIRDS ARE KILLED...Utility transmission and distribution lines, the backbone of our electrical power system, are responsible for 130 to 174 million bird deaths a year in the U.S.1 Many of the affected birds are those with large wingspans, including raptors and waterfowl. While attempting to land on power lines and poles, birds are sometimes electrocuted when their wings span between two hot wires. Many other birds are killed as their flight paths intersect.... More
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