Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Camera-Based Detection System to Support Informed Curtailment and Minimize Eagle Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities Award Number: DE-EE0007880 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3 Wind Energy Technologies Office Date: 4/11/...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Camera-Based Detection System to Support Informed Curtailment and Minimize Eagle Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities
Award Number: DE-EE0007880
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3
Wind Energy Technologies Program
Date: 4/11/2017
Location(s): Mult
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) to compare the detection and classification of golden eagles by the IdentiFlight system to human observers at two wind energy facilities in the western U.S.
AWWI would partner with Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc. (WEST) of Fort Collins Colorado to independently evaluate how IdentiFlight compares to human observers (aka “biomonitors”) in detecting and identifying eagles under a suite of environmental conditions and would use the observation data to model how IdentiFlight and biomonitors reduce the eagle fatality prediction through informed curtailment. The IdentiFlight system uses standard image-sensors, high-magnification stereoscopic sensors, and high-performance artificial intelligence algorithms for autonomous real-time image processing. The project would be completed in three Budget Periods.