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Wind developers describe mitigation practices, say projects can coexist with agriculture and wildlife
Summary
Industry witnesses told Mississippi senators that existing voluntary Wind Energy Guidelines, FAA reviews and multi-year wildlife studies guide siting and mitigation; developers cited the Delta Wind Project as an example and urged against a legislative moratorium.
Stu Webster, senior director of permanent environmental policy for Triple O Power, and Rourke Peterson, senior director of project development for Steelhead Americas (Vestas), told the Mississippi Senate Energy and the Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks committees that decades of industry research and established voluntary guidelines provide a pathway to site wind projects with attention to wildlife and airspace safety.
Webster described the 2012 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wind Energy Guidelines (WEGs) as a widely followed, voluntary framework that helps developers and wildlife agencies coordinate “early and often” through preconstruction studies, feedback loops and post-construction monitoring. He said the…
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