Australia could save thousands of bats a year with simple tweak to wind turbines, study says

Raising the wind speed at which turbines start spinning could prevent tens of thousands of bat deaths each year, researchers findFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian windfarm operators are being urged to embrace a simple measure used overseas that scientists say could dramatically reduce the number of bats killed by turbines.Curtailment – lifting the wind speed at which turbines start spinn