Feasibility Study on Tractor Detection Published

Agricultural activities such as harvesting, mowing, or plowing disturb small mammals, thereby attracting birds of prey and potentially endangering them in the vicinity of wind turbines. A common protective measure is therefore to shut down the wind turbines during such events. However, implementing this measure is often logistically complex and prone to errors. A new ZSW study funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) therefore examines the feasibility of shutting down turbines based on automatic detection of agricultural processing operations. It has now been published as BfN-Schrift 783.