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Stereo-Optic High Definition Imaging: A New Technology to Understand Bird and Bat Avoidance of Wind Turbines Award Number: DE-EE0006803 CX(s) Applied: B3.3 Wind Program Date: 03/23/2015 Location(s): ME Office(s): Golden Field Office

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March 23, 2015
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Stereo-Optic High Definition Imaging: A New Technology to Understand Bird and Bat Avoidance of Wind Turbines
Award Number: DE-EE0006803
CX(s) Applied: B3.3
Wind Program
Date:  03/23/2015
Location(s): ME
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) to test, and analyze results from tests of, a high definition camera and near infrared illumination (nIR) lighting system for use in helping to understand the risk that wind turbines present to birds and bats.