TY - RPRT A1 - Hoge, Alexander T1 - Measures for mitigating avian collision rates with wind turbines - Determining an effective technique regarding effort and effect N2 - Because of the rapid expansion and widespread application of wind energy the overall environmental impacts of wind power plants have increased as well. For the further development of wind power, methods to lessen the adverse effects wind power has on avian populations have to be implemented. This review aims to find effective methods to reduce avian collision rates with wind turbines and that therefore can reduce bird fatality rates. For the assessment the different mitigation methods, for which concrete data was found, are compared with each other regarding the hypothetical effort of implementation and effectiveness in reducing avian collision rates with wind turbines. These methods are: (a) Coloring of rotor blades (b) Coloring of the tower base (c) Ultraviolet/violet lightning (d) Temporary shut-down of wind turbines (e) Auditory warning signals (f) Repowering All of the mentioned methods report influence on reducing avian collision rates or at least the behavior of birds in flight. This review found the following three methods to be most effective: (a) Coloring of rotor blades (b) Temporary shut-downs of wind turbines (c) Repowering The most effective method to reduce avian collision rates at horizontal axis wind turbines is to paint one of the rotor blades black and consequently increasing the visibility of the rotor blades. The presented study reports 71,9 percent reduction of found carcasses of birds at the treated turbines. For this method the effort of implementation is low while the effectiveness is high. The effectiveness of the found mitigation methods has been proven and they are suited for application. The method of using lightning or sound fields require more testing to determine their effectiveness. Another topic for research could be how different mitigation methods interact with each other. Is there a significant advantage to be had if multiple mitigation methods are applied at the same wind power plant or turbine? Furthermore the environmental impacts of wind turbines are not limited to birds. Other animals like bats are affected too and might require different methods of mitigation. T3 - EGU Master Journal of Renewable Energy Short Reviews - 2021_08 KW - wind turbine KW - wind energy KW - birds KW - collisions KW - mitigation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-136826 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Wittor, Yannick T1 - Harvesting wind energy through electrostatic wind energy conversion - Comparison with common wind turbines and future possibilities N2 - Despite their important role in our energy system, common wind turbines have some disadvantages. Mainly, those disadvantages are connected to the intermediate conversion of wind energy in rotational energy. The resulting effects include maintenance costs and social acceptance problems. There are different technological approaches, that convert wind energy to electrical energy without its conversion to kinetic energy. As one of those technologies, the electrostatic wind energy conversion is to be discussed in this article. For this discussion, the historical development of this technology is presented. There are three important projects which will be presented to explain the technology and its different technological approaches. Those projects are the WPG, the EWICON and the SWET. Furthermore the results of those different experimental projects are collected and analyzed. On the basis of this analysis it is discussed, whether or not the electrostatic wind energy conversion could be of importance in a future energy system. Therefore the technology is set in relation to modern wind turbines. Also, important factors that influence the efficiency and energy output of those systems are outlined for further research. Due to different technological approaches a suggestion is made for the most promising system setting. T3 - EGU Master Journal of Renewable Energy Short Reviews - 2021_09 KW - electrostatic wind energy KW - wind energy KW - solid state wind energy KW - electrohydrodynamics KW - bladeless wind generator Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-136832 ER -