Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]

[Lawrence Elliott]

>From what I saw at Tehachapi and Palm Springs all the tower lights were
white strobe.
Red!
Who got fired for that one?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Worcester" <chris at solarwindworks.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 11:42 PM
Subject: RE: Small Wind Turbines Towers [RE-wrenches]


> Hi Travis,
>
> I too heard the towers/bird kill story on NPR. I wanted to clarify the
light
> issue they talked about was with the red tower lights. It turns out
that the
> red lights attract birds and disorients them at night from their
migratory
> patterns. Studies showed that turning off the red tower lights let the
birds
> continue on their way with out becoming disoriented. When the lights
were
> turned back on the birds became disoriented again. One scientist
suggested
> using white strobe lights instead.
>
>
>

>
>

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