A Biomimetic Ultrasonic Whistle for Use as a Bat Deterrent on Wind Turbines Award Number: DE-EE0007032 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3, B3.6 Wind Program Date: 09/14/2015 Location(s): MA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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September 14, 2015
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A Biomimetic Ultrasonic Whistle for Use as a Bat Deterrent on Wind Turbines
Award Number: DE-EE0007032
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3, B3.6
Wind Program
Date: 09/14/2015
Location(s): MA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to design a series of biomimetic whistles which produce pulses of high-intensity, frequency-modulated ultrasound, when placed on a turbine blade, and which successfully deter bats from approaching the sound source.