Renew Database | Comprehensive Wildlife Impact Data for Renewable Energy

A Comprehensive Source for Contextualizing Wildlife Impacts at Renewable Energy Facilities

A Trusted Resource Since 1990

WEST’s Renew Database is a comprehensive repository that captures the effects of renewable energy on wildlife, with a focus on birds and bats. As an authoritative source dating back to 1990, it chronicles wildlife observations collected both pre-construction and post-installation at wind and solar energy facilities.

The Renew Database provides the most comprehensive data available for assessing wildlife impacts from renewable energy facilities, including post-construction fatality monitoring records and pre-construction bat acoustic studies, with plans for continued expansion to other wildlife survey types both domestically and internationally. Renew encompasses 885 public and industry-contributed post-construction monitoring reports from 423 wind and solar facilities, creating a robust archive of bird and bat fatalities spanning the past three decades. This comprehensive dataset provides valuable context of how renewable energy projects impact wildlife throughout the project’s lifecycle.

Reports from 423 Facilities

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Renew Reports

WEST publishes occasional reports offering insights into fatality rates at renewable energy sites both domestically and internationally. These summaries provide a citable source for wildlife fatality rates and occurrences at wind energy facilities across the US, Mexico, and Canada, as well as special-interest topics that inform US Fish and Wildlife Service species assessments.

The database includes chronological records of avian activity, bat acoustic data, and post-construction monitoring results. Spatial data helps facilitate comparisons between projects within specific regions and across their operational lifespans. The structured data format allows for detailed analysis of risk factors, enabling stakeholders to assess relative risks at wind energy facilities with greater precision.