Influencing Activity of Bats by Dimly Lighting Wind Turbine Surfaces with Ultraviolet Light

Cryan, Paul M.; Gorresen, Paulo M.; Straw, Bethany R.; Thao, Syhoune (Simon); DeGeorge, Elise

doi:10.3390/ani12010009

Title: Influencing Activity of Bats by Dimly Lighting Wind Turbine Surfaces with Ultraviolet Light

Journal Article · 20 December 2021 · Animals

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010009 · OSTI ID:1836855

Cryan, Paul M.; Gorresen, Paulo M.; Straw, Bethany R.; Thao, Syhoune (Simon); DeGeorge, Elise

Wind energy producers need deployable devices for wind turbines that prevent bat fatalities. Based on the speculation that bats approach turbines after visually mistaking them for trees, we tested a potential light-based deterrence method. It is likely that the affected bats see ultraviolet (UV) light at low intensities. Here, we present the results of a multi-month experiment to cast dim, flickering UV light across wind turbine surfaces at night. Our objectives were to refine and test a practical system for dimly UV-illuminating turbines while testing whether the experimental UV treatment influenced the activity of bats, birds, and insects. We mounted upward-facing UV light arrays on turbines and used thermal-imaging cameras to quantify the presence and activity of night-flying animals. The results demonstrated that the turbines can be lit to the highest reaches of the blades with “invisible” UV light, and the animal responses to such experimental treatment can be concurrently monitored. The UV treatment did not significantly change nighttime bat, insect, or bird activity at the wind turbine. Our findings show how observing flying animals with thermal cameras at night can help test emerging technologies intended to variably affect their behaviors around wind turbines.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1836855

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5700-81190; PII: ani12010009

Journal Information:: Animals, Journal Name: Animals Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2076-2615; ISSN ANIMG5

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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