Ultrasonic Bat Deterrent Technology Award Number: DE-EE0007035 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3, B3.6 Wind Program Date: 06/26/2015 Location(s): NY Office(s): Golden Field Office
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June 26, 2015
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Ultrasonic Bat Deterrent Technology
Award Number: DE-EE0007035
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3, B3.6
Wind Program
Date: 06/26/2015
Location(s): NY
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The United States 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 deterrent research at three field sites and at 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 (Budget Period 1 [BP 1])
Task 4: Turbine field study (BP 1)
Task 5: Deterrent design (Budget Period 2 [BP 2])
Task 6: Turbine field study (BP 2)
Task 7: Program Management and Reporting