May 6, 2024

Wind power versus wildlife: root mitigation in evidence

Germany’s new government plans to dramatically expand the production of onshore wind power. It intends to deploy “innovative technical mitigation measures such as anti-collision systems” for turbines to avoid large-scale killing of birds and bats and undermining conservation goals. We argue that it should also use this roll-out to systematically evaluate such systems.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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