[ RadSafe ] World's Biggest Wind Park -Capacity Factor vs. Nuclear

[Sewell, Linda]

Hi All,

I have to temporarily jump in and join the fray regarding wind power and
the impact on birds.  I am an avid birder and card carrying Audubon
Society member.  I am not sure where Mr. Salsman is getting his
statistics from, but wind power does indeed have an impact on birding
populations, particularly raptors and migrating species, as has been
noted by others on Radsafe.  In fact, the Audubon Society has been quite
vocal in this area.  Their efforts now are focused on assisting with the
location of future wind farms.  Attempts are being made to ensure that
bird migration and existing bird populations be considered during the
site selection process.  For instance, Audubon New York has a Wind Power
Development Policy that states:

 "...Audubon New York opposes wind farm development on sites determined
to be of high risk to bird populations, including: 1) sites of known
local bird migration pathways or in areas where birds are highly
concentrated during migration; 2) sites in habitats known to be
important to state and federally listed bird species; 3) Important Bird
Areas (IBAs) and Bird Conservation Areas (BCAs) identified for their
importance to large numbers of migrants, either raptors or nocturnal
migrants; and 4) IBAs and BCAs where construction of the turbines (i.e.,
the footprint) would significantly lower the habitat value of the
site..."

I will now return to lurking mode,

Linda 

Linda Sewell, CHP
Dosimetry Supervisor
Diablo Canyon Power Plant

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Otto G. Raabe
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:19 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] World's Biggest Wind Park -Capacity Factor vs.
Nuclear

February 22, 2006

Wind farms are dangerous to birds, they can kill flocks of birds. The 
Audobon Society should lobby against them.

Otto

Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
Center for Health & the Environment
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140  

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