Abstract
Energy production by wind turbines has many advantages. The wind is a renewable energy that does not emit greenhouse gases and has caused a considerable increase in wind farms around the world. However, this type of energy is not completely free of impact. In particular, wind turbines displace and kill a wide variety of wild species what forces us to plan their location well. In any case, the determination of the effects of wind farms on fauna, especially the flying one, is difficult to determine and depends on several factors. In this work, we will try to establish a mathematical algorithm that allows us to combine all variables that affect the species with the idea of quantifying the effect that can cause the installation of a wind farm with certain characteristics in a given place. We have considered specific parameters of wind farms, the most relevant environmental characteristics related to the location of the wind farm, and morphological, ethological and legal characteristics in the species. Two types of assessment are established for the definitive valuation. Total Assessment and Weighted Assessment. Total Valuation is established based on a reference scale that will allow us to establish categories of affection for the different species while Weighted valuation allows us to establish which species are most affected.
Highlights
IntroductionThe wind is a renewable energy that does not emit greenhouse gases and has caused a considerable increase in wind farms around the world
Energy production by wind turbines has many advantages
In the United States, for example, it is estimated that wind energy causes 0.01% of avian mortality due to anthropogenic causes and up to 300,000 individuals can be affected in 20305
Summary
The wind is a renewable energy that does not emit greenhouse gases and has caused a considerable increase in wind farms around the world. This type of energy is not completely free of impact. The wind is a renewable energy that does not emit greenhouse gases, which has allowed it to receive aid from national governments and international institutions, and has caused a considerable increase in wind farms around the world[1]. Wind turbines displace and kill a wide variety of wild species what forces them to plan well their location[3] These impacts happen in all phases of the process, both in the construction of the facilities and associated power lines as well as in the phases of exploitation and dismantling[4]. Wing Goodale and Stenhouse[14] establish, at least, 11 parameters that should be used to assess the incidence on the fauna such as ethological, socioeconomic, demographic and specific aspects of the sensitivity of the species (Fig. 1)
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