Wind Energy and Wildlife Interactions

Johann Köppel is a full professor at the Berlin Institute of Technology (Germany) and head of the Environmental Assessment and Planning (Research Group) (www.umweltpruefung.tu-berlin.de). He specializes in impact assessments, and has been involved in the sustainable development of wind energy since more than a decade. He served in CWW’s scientific committees since 2011 and hosted the CWW2015 conference in Berlin. Current relevant research focuses on a horizon scan as far as ‘emerging issues’ for future research and applications are concerned. Contact: johann.koeppel@tu-berlin.de

“This book covers 16 research papers in 7 sections over 289 pages, matching the main themes of the conference, and providing a global focus that is warmly welcomed. … the reader will not be disappointed by the diversity and breadth of issues covered, and the Editor and contributing authors should be congratulated on a significant advancement to our understanding of the impacts of wind farms on wildlife.” (Chris B. Thaxter, Bird Study, 2017)

• Red Kites and wind farms – telemetry data from the core breeding range.- Unforeseen responses of a breeding seabird to the construction of an offshore wind farm.- A large-scale, multispecies assessment of avian mortality rates at land-based wind turbines in northern Germany.- A method to assess the population-level consequences of wind energy on bird and bat species.- Bat activity at nacelle height over forest.- Bird mortality in two Dutch wind farms: effects of location, spatial design and interactions with powerlines.- Radar assisted shutdown on demand ensures zero soaring bird mortality at a wind farm located in a migratory flyway.- Mitigating bat mortality with turbine-specific curtailment algorithms: a model based approach.- Is there a State-of-the-Art to Reduce Pile-Driving Noise?.- The Challenges of Repowering in the Context of Wildlife Impacts.- Wind farms in areas of high ornithological value – conflicts, solutions, challenges: the case of Thrace, Greece.- Introducing a NewAvian Sensitivity Mapping Tool to Support the Siting of Wind Farms in the Middle East and Northeast Africa.- A framework for assessing ecological and cumulative effects (FAECE) of offshore wind farms on birds, bats and marine mammals in the southern North Sea.- Wind turbines and birds in Germany – examples of current knowledge, new insights and remaining gaps.- Future research directions to reconcile wind–wildlife interactions.- Sharing Information on Environmental Effects of Wind Energy Development: WREN Hub