Wind farms weigh in on technology to ease blinking red lights at night
Companies that operate wind farms in North Dakota say theyre working on tweaks to make sure tractors and migrating birds donât inadvertently set off the lights atop wind turbines at night. Under state law, newer wind farms had to install technology by the start of 2020 to mitigate the lights so that they dont cause an eyesore by blinking bright red all night. The operators have put in radar-based systems meant to keep the lights off unless an aircraft flies in the vicinity. But membe...
Source: bismarcktribune.com