Post-construction monitoring has been undertaken at wind farms in the UK for many years, and is now routinely requested for many multiple-turbine schemes.
Dr Peter Shepherd and Owain Gabb were invited by the Planning Inspectorate to give presentations on ecological issues arising from wind energy proposals to a two day conference of planning inspectors in Bristol on the 24th and 25th January 2013.
A recent high court judgment (August 2012) provides an interesting judgement on the thorny issue of the legality of killing of birds and bats at wind farm sites. This is a subject that we have debated at a number of wind farm public inquiries.
BSG Ecology is exhibiting at Stand 67 of Renewable UK, Glasgow between 30th October and 1st November 2012. The conference is at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow and will address policy, development and technical aspects of UK onshore and offshore wind energy, …
Senior Ecologist Matt Hobbs will present a talk to the IEEM Autumn Conference in Cardiff on the subject of the Bat Conservation Trust’s onshore wind farm guidance.
This article is part of our on-going review of new research into wind farm impacts on bats. It considers a recent paper published in the journal Biological Conservation by Voigt et al. (2012) titled “The catchment area of wind farms for European bats: a plea …
One of BSG Ecology’s current projects has seen Senior Ecologist Hannah Bilston design and implement a bat survey programme for a proposed 20 turbine wind farm in Poland. Hannah joined the BSG team in August 2012 and is based in our Oxford office. The addition …
This article provides a brief review of a recent appeal decision for a proposed seven wind turbine scheme in Northamptonshire. It also continues Dr Peter Shepherd’s review of wind farm public inquiry decisions following his recent note on the Kelmarsh and Watford Lodge wind farm appeal …
Senior Ecologist Matt Hobbs will present a talk to the RenewableUK Conference in Glasgow on the subject of the Bat Conservation Trust’s onshore wind farm guidance. Matt’s talk will take place on the morning of Thursday 1 November (the Small and Medium Wind Installer Session), …
The latest in a series of papers looking at impacts of wind farms on upland waders was recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Principal Ecologist Owain Gabb considers what this new paper is likely to mean for the industry going forward.
