Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]

[matthew tritt]

My long-term info from "a major windfarm" indicates very few actual blade
strikes. Most hits are involving guy wires on anemometer towers and the old,
guyed turbine towers. Like it or not, guy wires, because they are virtually
invisible at dusk and in fog, contribute greatly to the problem. Birds do
not hit monopole towers.

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Welch, Home Power" <michael.welch at homepower.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]


> 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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