CX-100315 Categorical Exclusion Determination

Ultrasonic Bat Deterrent
Award Number: DE-EE0007035
CX(s) Applied: B3.3
Wind Program
Date:  07/24/2015
Location(s): NY
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to General Electric (GE), to conduct bat deterrent studies to measure the effectiveness of bat deterrent devices at wind farms. Funding would be used for conducting bat deterrents research at three field sites and a laboratory site located at Texas Christian University (TCU). Funding would also be used for project management, data collection, computer modeling, analysis, and dissemination activities. GE would perform 7 tasks for this project. Tasks include: Task 1: Flight room testing Task 2: Field Testing Task 3: Deterrent design (BP 1) Task 4: Turbine field study (BP 1) Task 5: Deterrent design (BP 2) Task 6: Turbine field study (BP 2) Task 7: Program Management and Reporting