BOWLING GREEN, O.—Wind turbines may offer a positive source of renewable energy, but Bowling Green State University and University of Toledo researchers are looking into the potential impact these giant fans might have on bird species if constructed along the Lake Erie shoreline.

As part of the Coastal Ohio Wind Project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers are continuing their collaboration in conjunction with the 2010 study that looked at the effects of wind turbines on bird and bat migration. The turbines in that study are located outside Bowling Green, off Route 6. (See http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/10-11-10/page86848.html)

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