Key Benefits & Differentiators
EchoTrack Radar–Acoustic Surveillance System provides unique and powerful capabilities for monitoring airborne wildlife that the competition cannot provide.
Differentiator |
Benefit |
|---|---|
| The EchoTrack system surveys all concurrent bird and bat flight paths, in a landscape 4 km across and a hemisphere 10 times the volume of commercial directional bat sensors. | All the animals within the radar's hemisphere are captured, not just the animals that cross the beam. |
| The EchoTrack system follows flight paths from ground level habitat to 1900 m above ground. | Wildlife behaviour can be attributed to the landscape features. |
| The EchoTrack system derives accurate mapping of individual flight paths in location and time, with height. | Both landscape–level analysis, and options for mitigation at the individual wind turbine are achievable. |
| The EchoTrack system maps individuals across the horizon. | The sources and destinations of individuals are known, as are the regions of high risk flight behaviour. |
| The EchoTrack system produces constraint maps of focal species with sufficient detail for setback and operational mitigation which other commercially–available systems, acoustic or radar, cannot provide. | Species–specific mitigation strategies are provided that meet Endangered Species laws and Best Management Practice guidelines. |
| The EchoTrack system provides constant, quantified sampling volume and automated data analysis. | Automation controls for bias and enables BACI (before–after–controlled–impact) assessment. |
| The EchoTrack system is proven to increase the accuracy of observations beyond traditional visual methods of assessment of risk. | The EA reporting to regulators is thorough and accurate in identifying risks requiring mitigation. |
| The EchoTrack system's custom hemispheric ultrafrequency sensors are capable of detecting bats to 100 m. | Bats can be detected into wind turbine blade height without having to mount sensors on the towers. |
| EchoTrack stores all of the raw data. | The data can be re–analysed using different parameters in the event that development plans change, and the need for additional field monitoring is eliminated. |
