Texas Christian University (TCU), in partnership with University of Oxford and NextEra Energy (formerly known as FPL Energy), will spend the next five years researching key environmental and social issues related to wind power. The project objective is to assess the broad scale ecological and socio-economic impacts of wind development, including evaluation of the coexistence of wind power with thriving bird and bat populations, ecological footprints of wind ,farms, carbon offset analysis, and benefits of wind farms to ecosystem health and local communities.

In the first phase of the project, TCU has two areas of concentration: the evaluation of the perception of wind turbines held by citizens living in proximity of wind farms and the study of wind turbine interactions with the bird and bat population.

As renewable energy grows in importance, scientists, policy makers, investors, and decision makers of all kinds will need world class research to make informed decisions.  This research partnership is dedicated to providing that research.