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We would like to invite you to come and see the posters at our upcoming conference. The posters will showcase a diverse range of research topics, and will give delegates an opportunity to engage with the authors and learn more about their work. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or simply curious about the latest developments in your field, we believe that the posters will offer something of interest to everyone. So please join us at the conference and take advantage of this opportunity to learn and engage with your peers in industry and the academic community.
PO031: SEABIRD: System for Environmental Assessment of Bird/Bat Interactions with Real-Time Detection
Grace Chang, Director of Research and Development, Integral Consulting Inc.
Abstract
Wind energy areas (WEAs) are rich with protected birds and bats, and regulatory permits and consent require wind energy projects to be planned, constructed, and operated in ways that avoid and minimize environmental impacts, including potential harm to wildlife. For some protected birds and bats, proposed wind energy projects will likely be required to generate collision risk models (CRMs) to estimate species-specific impacts and estimated take anticipated over the permit term, which also requires monitoring to validate actual take of listed species once the project is implemented. CRMs require extensive bird and bat species-specific metrics and are most sensitive to avoidance rate, which must be estimated from interactions occurring at multiple scales. The SEABIRD (System for Environmental Assessment of Bird/Bat Interactions with Real-Time Detection) project is integrating multiple sensor technologies ─ radar (meso- to macroscale), thermal and visible-light imaging systems (mesoscale), and structural health monitoring (SHM) sensors (microscale) ─ into a common data collection and interpretation system that is capable of detecting and tracking birds and bats over multiple scales (wind farm to individual turbine to blade), as well as in three-dimensional (3D) space and identification to morphology/flight-style group. This technology represents a next generation capability for improving understanding of potential interactions between wildlife and wind energy projects and will better inform and mitigate bird and bat risk from wind energy.
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