The emphasis here should be on the lack of understanding of how bats and wind turbines interact. The American Wind Energy Association's official position is that "the wind farm in PA is a unique situation and that there is no evidence that bats are endangered at any other facility." Of course they can make that claim because there is no evidence. Jessica Kern's is one of the first researchers to even to examine this issue. One turbine operator in OH has observed that bats are only affected when the blades are at a certain speed. But this hasn't been studied. A …
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