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On 19 October 2016 a Working Group meeting devoted to the implementation of modern technologies on assessment and conservation of natural systems on the territories of modern wind farms was held by the scientific and educational centre Biodiversity of the Melitopol Pedagogical University named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky (SEC Biodiversity) at the Botievo wind farm in Zaporizhzhya region.
The event supported by the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association and the company Wind Power (DTEK), owner of the Botievo Wind Farm, aimed at extending the natural systems monitoring experience successfully gained at the Botievo wind site to other wind farm projects in Ukraine. The participants discussed the state of contemporary monitoring researches of the natural complexes.
Experts from SEC Biodiversity - Peter Gorlov, a head of technological areas biodiversity monitoring laboratory and a researcher Alexander Annenkov, presented their own technologies for assessment of a wind power plant impact on seasonal bird complexes and birds migration.
In his speech, Valery Siohin, director of SEC Biodiversity, presented a strategic approach to the monitoring of birds and their transcontinental seasonal migration at all stages of the wind project including development, construction and operation. “It is the stage of early development when the preliminary expert report on birds and natural complexes should be developed to determine the possibility of a wind farm construction in the area”, noted he.
Participants also visited a monitoring centre located on the island Biruchiy, the Azov-Sivash National Park, where they were presented the results of natural system investigations being conducted with the use of the modern authors' technologies.
“Development and construction of any energy facilities should strictly observe environmental legislation, both national and international. Such events as we have today are very important not only for experts, but also for the public who wants to know more about modern wind technologies and their possible impact on the environment”, said Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the UWEA, Vice-President of the WWEA.
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