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Experts Seek to Spare Bats From Wind Turbine Collisions
Land-based wind turbines kill as many as 880,000 bats a year, wiping out so many threatened bats that at least one species could soon become endangered without preventative action, according to a recent study.
Bat conservation experts and scientists say they currently do not know how to stop turbine collisions. So the U.S. Department of Energy is now giving nearly $8 million to five research centers to develop strategies for deterring bats from wind turbines.