Australian windfarm operators are being urged to embrace a simple measure used overseas that scientists say could dramatically reduce the number of bats killed by turbines.Curtailment – lifting the wind speed at which turbines start spinning – is used in some European countries and parts of the US and Canada, but rarely in Australia. A global study published in the journal BioScience found it was an effective way to limit bat deaths.Most wind turbines “cut in” at wind speeds of about…
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Australia could save thousands of bats a year with simple tweak to wind turbines, study says | Renewable energy
