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$2.5 trillion reason we can’t rely on batteries to clean up the grid
Author: Temple, James | California, Economics, Technology
Fluctuating solar and wind power require lots of energy storage, and lithium-ion batteries seem like the obvious choice – but they are far too expensive to play a major role.
More »Revisiting Ocotillo
Author: Hales, Roy | California, Environment, Noise, Photos, Videos
Ocotillo, in Imperial County, has been inflicted by massive dust storms ever since 112 turbines were built around it. The desert surface was scraped clean of vegetation as a preparation for the project. Now there is nothing to hold the dust down. That’s not the only complaint. Since the project went online, less than two years ago: 3 turbines have had their gear boxes replaced, 9 turbines have had blade replacements a 173-foot-long-blade flew off one turbine Ocotillo residents have . . .
More »Mammalian mesocarnivore visitation at tortoise burrows in a wind farm
Author: Agha, Mickey; et al. | California, Environment
ABSTRACT: There is little information on predator–prey interactions in wind energy landscapes in North America, especially among terrestrial vertebrates. Here, we evaluated how proximity to roads and wind turbines affect mesocarnivore visitation with desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) and their burrows in a wind energy landscape. In 2013, we placed motion-sensor cameras facing the entrances of 46 active desert tortoise burrows in a 5.2-km² wind energy facility near Palm Springs, California, USA. Cameras recorded images of 35 species of reptiles, mammals, . . .
More »Golden Eagle fatalities and the continental-scale consequences of local wind-energy generation
Author: Katzner, Todd; et al. | California, Wildlife
Abstract. Renewable energy production is expanding rapidly despite mostly unknown environmental effects on wildlife and habitats. We used genetic and stable isotope data collected from Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) killed at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area (APWRA) in California in demographic models to test hypotheses about the geographic extent and demographic consequences of fatalities caused by renewable energy facilities. Geospatial analyses of δ2H values obtained from feathers showed that ≥25% of these APWRA-killed eagles were recent immigrants to the . . .
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