Saturday, December 18, 2010

Eagles living dangerously

The eagles need to be very careful when flying near the windmills of Smøla. There are 68 windmills in the wind park and every now and then an eagle collides with a blade. The blades can reach 250 kmh at the outer points when at top speed. The media tends to exaggerate how many eagles suffer such a fate, however, research shows that on average only one eagle is killed by each windmill every 10 years. Sadly that is one eagle too many but on the other hand this is clean renewable energy and the park at Smøla generates enough energy for 22,000 homes.

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