Do wind turbines have an impact on birds and bats?
Birds and bats occasionally collide with wind turbines just as they do with all other tall structures. Although this was a problem for early wind farms, improved technology and better site design have significantly reduced bird mortalities. Also, studies have demonstrated that wind power has a low overall impact as it contributes less than one mortality for every 10,000 human-related sources of bird mortality. Further, because wind power does not produce emissions into the air or water, it does not have any impact on bird habitat. This cannot be said about the conventional carbon-based forms of power generation that contribute to climate change.
