(Source: EERE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) A bald eagle named Spirit and a golden eagle named Nova are helping researchers make wind energy safer for birds. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the Department of Energy's 17 National Laboratories, partnered with industry to gather data about bird flight patterns, which will help the companies develop technology to reduce bird collisions with turbines. The team conducted 25 flights and collected terabytes of data for the project, which borrowed the two eagles from Auburn University. It all took place at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), a giant test...
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