Minimization of impacts of wind farms on biodiversity in Greece A Summary of LIFE12BIO/GR/000554 project results

摘要

Wind energy's ability to produce electricity without carbon emissions is expected to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous effects to wildlife from the climate change as well as to offer several environmental benefits, such as substantially reduction of water withdrawals and consumption, and decreased emissions of mercury and other sources of water and air pollution associated with the burning of fossil fuels. Despite the benefits of wind energy, the siting and operation of wind farms, mainly in sensitive ecological areas, continues to be a source of concern for the biodiversity. The project "Demonstration of good practices to minimize impacts of wind farms on biodiversity in Greece, LIFE12BIO/GR/000554", aims to demonstrate and promote state-of-the art methods and approaches to Improve the compatibility with the EU biodiversity conservation targets, and to develop prescriptions and guidelines that will enable Greek state authorities and wind farm developers to effectively plan, implement and regularly evaluate the performance of the mitigation technologies.