Reconciling Species Protection and Wind Energy

The contribution of wind energy expansion will be central to Germany’s energy transformation. The buildout of wind power, however, has been facing strong headwinds lately. Currently, fewer and fewer wind farms are being installed. Why is that? The reason often lies in legal matters. Lawsuits due to the protection of endangered species often delay the process. The authorities need to ensure that the construction and use of wind farms complies with the provisions of bird protection directives: the habitat of threatened species must not be impaired by power plants...

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  Unser Paper Adversarial Training Improves Generalization Under Distribution Shifts in Bioacoustics von René Heinrich, Lukas Rauch, Bernhard Sick und Christoph Scholz ist bei ArXiv online. Abstract: Adversarial training is a… Neues Paper bei ArXiv weiterlesen

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