Windmills kill 50,000 birds in the Netherlands every year, according to Amsterdam Wind, a project of four energy companies.
According to a Bloomberg report published on Tuesday, the turbines will be slowed to two rotations per minute for 12 to 48 hours to allow the birds to avoid contact.
This program was developed in partnership with the University of Amsterdam in reaction to the rising number of bird deaths by wind farms, especially from October to May when millions of birds migrate across the North Sea in pursuit of warmer climates.As part of its national energy agreement, the Dutch government wants to boost the capacity of offshore wind parks from their present 4 gigawatts to 21 gigawatts by 2030.
The pilot project might also apply to new windmills essential for the Netherlands transitioning to a low-carbon economy.Vattenfall, a Swedish energy provider, said last month that birds are already habituated to wind turbine blades and know how to avoid them,The company spent $3.1 million on a two-year study of seabirds at its 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland.
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