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Resource Documents: South Dakota (8 items)
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Assessing Spring Direct Mortality to Avifauna from Wind Energy Facilities in the Dakotas
Author: Graff, Brianna; et al.
ABSTRACT: The Northern Great Plains (NGP) contains much of the remaining temperate grasslands, an ecosystem that is one of the most converted and least protected in the world. Within the NGP, the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) provides important habitat for >50% of North America’s breeding waterfowl and many species of shorebirds, waterbirds, and grassland songbirds. This region also has high wind energy potential, but the effects of wind energy developments on migratory and resident bird and bat populations in the . . .
More »Effects of wind-energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions
Author: Shaffer, Jill; and Buhl, Deborah
Abstract: The contribution of renewable energy to meet worldwide demand continues to grow. Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable sectors, but new wind facilities are often placed in prime wildlife habitat. Long-term studies that incorporate a rigorous statistical design to evaluate the effects of wind facilities on wildlife are rare. We conducted a before-after-control-impact (BACI) assessment to determine if wind facilities placed in native mixed-grass prairies displaced breeding grassland birds. During 2003–2012, we monitored changes in bird . . .
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Wanzek heavy/industrial constructors: photos
Author: Wanzek Construction
Top of the World Wind Farm, Glenrock, WY, Duke Energy Top of Iowa Wind, Kensett, IA, Madison Gas & Electric Three Buttes Wind, Glenrock, WY- Oliver County Wind, Center, ND, FPL/Next Era Energy Resources NoTrees Wind, Odessa, TX, Duke-Energy Langdon Wind, Langdon, ND, FPL/Next Era Energy Resources Kit Carson Wind Farm, Burlington, CO, Duke Energy Goat Mountain Wind, Robert Lee, TX, Edison Mission Energy Endeavor Wind, Harris, IA, FPL/Next Era Energy Resources Charles City Wind, Charles City, IA, MidAmerican Energy . . .
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Real-time wind production — various regions
Author: National Wind Watch
World: Current electricity production and consumption of “low-carbon” and “renewable” electricity – click an area for details Europe: Quarter-hour load, generation, exchange – click on sample graph for other countries Europe: Hourly and daily generation, capacity factors Nordpool: Current production by source type in the Nordic power system (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark) Nordpool: Current power flow in the Nordic power system West Denmark: Electricity prices, consumption, and production today, every 5 minutes France: Quarter-hour consumption and production . . .
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