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23.06.2022

New BfN "IN PRACTICE" on the protection of birds and bats at small wind turbines

According to the Federal Immission Control Act, small wind turbines (WTGs) up to a total height of 50 m do not require a permit. Not much is yet known about the effects on birds and bats in particular.

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23.06.2022

Bat protection: BfN "In PRACTICE" on the current version of ProBat 7 published

The software tool ProBat 7 calculates bat-friendly cut-in speeds for onshore wind turbines.

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29.04.2022

Expert workshop on ecological criteria for solar parks

From 25 to 27 April 2022, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) held a workshop with 23 experts on the topic of "Development of ecological (minimum) criteria for the construction of solar parks" at the International Academy for Nature…

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04.04.2022

Artenschutz: Eckpunktepapier zum naturverträglichen Ausbau der Windenergie an Land

Bundesumwelt- und Bundeswirtschaftsministerium wollen die artenschutzfachliche Prüfung für Windenergieanlagen an Land vereinfachen und effizienter gestalten. Ziel ist es, unter Wahrung hoher und europarechtlich gebotener ökologischer Schutzstandards…

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03.02.2022

Networking workshop in the thematic field "Nature Conservation and Renewable Energies" of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)

The 50 participants of the online workshop discussed the two research projects "RE100 in practice” and "Renewable Energy: Regional simulation game" funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN).

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25.01.2022

"More areas for wind energy" - contents of the expert discussion now online

About 300 interested people had attended the digital BfN - expert discussion "More areas for wind energy" on 22 November 2021, which was opened by President Sabine Riewenherm.

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18.01.2022

Bat migration over the North Sea and Baltic Sea

The final report "Bat migration over the North Sea and Baltic Sea" of the R&D project BATMOVE (FKZ 3515 82 1900) unites for the first time the current state of knowledge on the flights of bats over the German Bight and the Baltic Sea

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21.12.2021

Study on radar systems for detecting bird migration over the North and Baltic Seas published

Collisions of birds migrating at night with wind turbines represent a conflict in the nature-friendly expansion of offshore wind energy use. In order to avoid a significantly increased risk of killing or endangering bird migration, threshold-based…

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10.12.2021

Overarching criteria for assessing wildlife mortality in the context of projects and interferences

The "Overarching Criteria for the Assessment of Wildlife Mortality in the Context of Projects and Interventions" have been published in a new updated and expanded 4th version (Bernotat & Dierschke 2021). The MRI methodology (Mortality Risk Index) has…

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