09/10/2025
15:30 - 16:00
Virtual Channel 5
, Online only
Session with interpretation
Why attend
This podcast will tell you the story of how, starting from seemingly opposing interests, a private wind energy company and bird conservation researchers joined forces to address the common goal of mitigating collision risk for birds of prey, in the context of wind development targets.
Session Description
Wind energy is one of the levers of climate change mitigation. However, its development leads to increased bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines. To solve this dilemma, there is an urgent need for multiple measures which effectively reduce bird collision risk.This podcast will introduce a research project that started 5 years ago in collaboration between ENGIE, Aix-Marseille University and the University of Groningen.
The results of the project confirmed that informed selection of wind turbines’ dimensions and locations with respect to bird nests can reduce collision risk considerably. These results were used to design a tool to help wind farm developers make these informed decisions.
Additionally, we study the potential of predictive wind turbine curtailment and assess how to achieve reduction of collision risk at the lowest cost. This will enrich the practitioners’ toolbox of measures to mitigate bird collision risk while maintaining renewable energy production.