The company proposing five to eight offshore wind turbines three miles to the east of Block Island received $295,360 last week to conduct avian and bat monitoring studies on the island.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Deepwater Wind the money to conduct high-definition aerial video recording of bird species, establish a bat monitoring program utilizing inland, coastal and offshore digital acoustical bat monitors, and integrate radar and acoustical monitoring to allow radar to better detect bats in future environmental programs.
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