Wind turbines often shut down: The electricity could power small towns:
To protect birds of prey and bats, wind turbines are often shut down ...
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Wildlife Protection Costs Hohfleck Wind Farm 13% OutputSix million kilowatt-hours are calculated as annual losses; cameras for more targeted shutdowns have not yet been installed.
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- Tübingen municipal utilities opened Hohfleck wind farm in early May; its five turbines can supply Sonnenbühl and Engstingen with 41 million kilowatt-hours.
- To protect birds of prey, two turbines had to stop during daylight until mid-August, and two others until mid-September.
- Without wildlife-related shutdowns, annual output would be 47 million kilowatt-hours; six million, or 13%, are calculated as lost.
- All five rotors now operate in daylight; blanket shutdowns are planned again from March, while camera installation remains uncertain.
For me, it is incomprehensible that newly built wind turbines, despite sufficient wind, stand still during the day for up to 7.5 months a year.— Manuel Hailfinger, CDU member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament, who lives in Sonnenbühl and observes the Hohfleck wind park from his home; criticizes daytime standstills as a threat to the acceptance of the energy transition
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