Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch, Home Power]

matthew tritt wrote at 09:05 AM 12/06/2002 -0800:
  
>1. Bird kills. Guy wires are responsible for at least as many bird kills as
>rotor blades, most probably many more. The wires become invisible to most
>birds in heavy fog.

I did some looking at this issue awhile back and discovered it is the towers that birds run into. And it did not matter what the tower was doing, whether it was for a wind machine or antenna.

We in the industry need to be careful not to perpetuate the bird in the blender myth.
  
Michael Welch
  
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