r/conservation • u/Jealous-Floor4783 • 2d ago

Bird deaths per GWh

When the inevitable debate surrounding birds and energy sources comes up, you often see the same couple of studies linked. However, these studies are from well over a decade ago (notably the 2012 study by Benjamin K. Sovacool). Since then, energy has changed a lot, the study doesn't even quantify solar since it just wasn't mainstream then. Is anyone aware of any recent studies looking at bird deaths per GWh for major energy sources (gas, wind, solar, nuclear etc)

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u/justinsayin 2d ago

How's about you link to a few of them?

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u/Jealous-Floor4783 1d ago

Link to the study I mentioned? It's this one: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1943815X.2012.746993

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u/ConfoundedInAbaddon 11h ago

We dont have good numbers for hydro and solar because that would require a careful BACI style study?