Wind Energy Data & Information Gateway
The Wind Energy Data and Information (WENDI) Gateway was established by the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March 2010 to support the United States Department of Energy's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program.[3] Researchers can then search and scan these metadata records to grasp the vital information—title, author, abstract, and other bibliographic elements—about each resource, quickly assessing its potential usefulness for their work.The ecosystem and climate layers displayed: Users could view ranges of five bat species of concern.Bats were killed by wind turbines because the spinning blades cause a drop in air pressure which results in barotrauma.[4] The WENDI Gateway was designed to provide data and information regarding such considerations and thereby serve the needs of an array of wind energy stakeholders.
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