Camera of an AVES Wind® anti-collision system on a wind turbine
© Björn Hake

Red kite in front of wind turbines with label
Adobe Stock, ©Manfred Stöver; Montage ProTecBird

AVES High Precision Counter (HPC) to detect bird migration through an offshore wind farm at the height of the rotors.
Animation ©ProTecBird

Managing Director of ProTecBird Thorsten Heinzen with red kite in front of AVES Wind® ACS
©Gudrun Garke

Managing Director of ProTecBird Thorsten Heinzen with AVES Wind® ACS camera
©Björn Hake

Managing Director of ProTecBird Thorsten Heinzen
©Björn Hake

Animated representation of the triangulation of a red kite by AVES Wind® AKS cameras on 2 wind turbines.
Animation ©ProTecBird

ProTecBird uses the existing infrastructure of the wind farms to install the system. Moving cameras monitor the airspace around the wind farm. Tracking software first records the birds in the airspace to be monitored. The AVES-KI then determines whether it is a protected bird species. As soon as a protected target species has been identified, it is tracked by at least two cameras that are further apart. Triangulation enables precise three-dimensional positioning. This makes it possible to determine when the birds are getting too close to the danger zone and spin mode needs to be triggered and when this mode can be terminated again.