Bats need protection; these clever engineers and scientists will surely figure out how to, considering what they have already accomplished:

Spinning Wind Turbines Kill Nearly a Million Bats a Year. Researchers Aim to Find Out Why

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.

One team, from Bat Conservation International, will use a portion of the funds to see if limiting the use of nighttime lighting on wind farms would make migrating bats less likely to fly through blades. Researchers at Boise State University, also part of the grant, will design better ultrasonic sounds to scare off bats. And Iowa State University engineers are looking to mount high-pitched whistle devices on the blades.

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