Rotor-mounted Bat Impact Mitigation System Award Number: DE-EE0007034 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.3 Wind Energy Technologies Office Date: 07/16/2015 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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July 16, 2015
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Rotor-mounted Bat Impact Mitigation System
Award Number: DE-EE0007034
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.3
Wind Energy Technologies Office
Date: 07/16/2015
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Frontier Wind to design and develop an ultrasonic transmission system to prevent fatal bat interactions with wind turbines, assess the effectiveness of the installed system, create processes for retrofitting operational turbines and installing on new wind turbines during manufacturing or construction, and create system controller settings optimized for a range of bat species.
Task 1 activities would include completing a bat fatality and activity literature review and summary report for the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm, gathering wind turbine design information to establish potential ultrasonic deterrence system installation locations, develop the ultrasonic deterrence system specifications, and plan ultrasonic system testing. Administrative, research, design and planning activities would be performed by a third party consultant and by Frontier Wind at their offices in Rocklin, CA.