'Predator' wind turbines hit birds, damage ecosystem

'Predator' wind turbines hit birds, damage ecosystem- Times of India

• Wind farm act as a top predator in some ecosystems,harming birds at the top of the food chain and triggering a knock on effect by green energy.
• Wind is the fastest growing renewable energy sector.
• Supplies around 4% global electrical demand.
• It is found that predatory birds were four times rarer in areas of plateau where wind turbines were present.
• Raptors favorite meal lizards in areas where dominated by turbines.
• As level of raptor fells down the rate of predatory attacking lizards had come down.
• The lizards living around this wind farm areas lessened their vigilance against possible danger.
• The wind farms replicated the role predator in the food chain by keeping raptors at bay.