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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Windfarm"”.
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LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR WINDFARM DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS
<p>Due to the negative impact on the environment of conventional electric power generation methods, especially coal and oil-fired generating plants, wind power as an alternative for sustainable energy has received more attention in recent years. The purpose of this project was to apply Geographic …
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Control and operation of HVDC connected offshore windfarm with particular emphasis on faults and black start
… fault characteristics of HVDC connected offshore windfarm systems and proposes several fault rides through control and system recovery schemes.;The first topic discussed in this thesis is the offshore AC fault ride through operation. When modular multilevel converter (MMC) based HVDC connection is …
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Experiences of Place and Change in Rural Landscapes: Three English Case Studies
… are located near to at least one existing windfarm, which – as an example of rural change - provides a common focus for the research. The research is informed by a ‘middle-ground’ theoretical approach that considers discursive and experiential aspects of people-environment relationships and …
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Movement and energetics of swimming marine mollusks
… responses to field-simulated offshore windfarm construction. Squid elicited dramatic behavioral responses coinciding with the onset of construction, although animals habituated rapidly. Contrarily, scallops’ behavioral responses were moderate but consistent, and surprisingly there was …
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The Impact of Wind Turbines on the Distribution of Wintering and Migrating Raptors
… and three years after (2019, 2022, 2023) the windfarm was built. We recorded 3,277 observations of raptors which we used to test whether the turbines affected raptor distributions, incorporating both spatial and temporal controls. We found no evidence that any of our six focal raptor species – …
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The reintroduction of bearded vultures in South Africa: a feasibility analysis
… barbatus, is declining rapidly and plans for windfarm developments within the core of this species' range threaten to accelerate the population's passage to extinction. As an insurance against such a situation a reintroduction has been proposed to establish a second bearded vulture population …
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From the Forest to the Sea: Lessons in Managing Public Space
… economic priorities. New users, such as offshore windfarm developers, fear that extended planning will further delay their activities. Members of Congress have complained that MSP policy lacks adequate legislative underpinnings. Still others worry</p><p>that MSP may be a solution in search of a …