“Expanding the use of wind power improves environmental conditions for wildlife because wind power has none of the harmful emissions, water use, mining, drilling and hazardous waste of other energy sourcesâ€, said AWEA.
The organization said the industry is committed to reducing its “low impacts†on the environment that surrounds wind turbines and farms. Recently NBC’s Nightly News featured the efforts to repower older wind turbines in California to reduce their impacts on birds.
The video below shows experts from the energy and environmental sectors making the case for wind power in relation to wildlife. What do you think? What can the wind industry do to protect birds from colliding with turbines?
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It’s an interesting video, but it seems to be more of a PR piece rather than an effort to educate on the actual actions AWEA is undertaking to mitigate what impacts wind turbines do have. As the video notes though, the impacts are nominal compared to many other human actions. Considering the public’s concern for wildlife, it will be important for AWEA to expand the PR actions to explain what they are doing. With that, there will hopefully be wider public acceptance for wind projects.