Offshore wind farms are one of the most promising alternative energy sources ever invented. They also have a pretty pressing downside: they kill lots of birds. New research from the Norwegian ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Approximately 140,000 to 500,000 birds ...

The impact that wind turbines have on bird populations is a contentious aspect of this renewable energy source that causes thousands of avian fatalities each year. Researchers set out to find a way to ...

Black is not only beautiful, but it may save lives when it comes to wind energy. Hundreds of thousands of birds and bats, maybe millions, are killed each year by the world’s utility-scale wind turbine ...

A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now researchers ...

A new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution shows that painting one blade on a wind turbine black may reduce bird deaths at wind farms by up to 70%. For a long time, organizations, such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wind turbine with one blade painted black at a PacifiCorp wind farm in Wyoming. (Oregon State University) A simple coat of black ...

A turbine with one blade painted black at a wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming. Courtesy of Jona Whitesides, Pacificorp This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...

With climate change threatening many of the world’s species with extinction, a transition from fossil fuels is urgently needed. But some argue that the rush to replace coal power with wind could ...

It's a good proof of concept in a small test. I think they should move to multiple tests at multiple sites now. Try different looks, and configurations from 1 2 or 3 blades, and different things like ...

A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now researchers ...