Today is "World Migratory Bird Day". This is a very special year, on the one hand, because this celebration is cumulative with the Year of the Bird, on the other because the main migratory bird organizations have come together to…
STRIX was invited to participate at the "Summit for the Flyways" organized by BirdLife International, that occurred in Abu Dabhi from April 23rd to 26th. The “Summit for the Flyways” brought together over 100 of the greatest bird scientists,…
Ana Pêgo is graduated in Marine Biology and Fisheries and has been working in environmental education, through workshops and exhibitions. Ana lives in Cascais, a coastal town in Portugal and during her everyday beach walks she started beachcombing, looking for…
STRIX attended the Egyptian-Portuguese Business Forum, an event hosted in Cairo last Thursday, April 12.This forum brings together selected Portuguese and Egyptian companies, hence highlighting the interest and potential on both sides of this relationship This forum was integrated into…
As part of the Landscape Museum project, the Workshop "Go out to think about the landscape" was held on March 24th and 25th, in the area of Oledo, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. Ricardo Tomé, STRIX's Scientific Director, presented the lecture "Habitats…
This March, for the first time in the last four decades, Portugal’s renewable energy mainland production exceeded power demand, which is "unprecedented and is considered a historic milestone”, according to the to the statement released this Tuesday by the Portuguese…
Wind energy keeps its promise and provides more and more CO2-free electricity to the world. This week the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published its statistics and highlights. Specifically, 52,573 MW of wind power was added last year, with Europe,…
We are happy to announce that during the 2017 Autumn Migration Season the soaring bird mortality at the Barão São João (BSJ) Wind Farm was zero.The E.ON’s 50MW BSJ Wind Farm is located in Sagres region, Southwest Portugal, which is…
We begin 2018 the best way possible, with an excellent balance of our previous year activity marked by notable conquers and changes. In 2017 we invested strongly in innovation and development, having excellence as a pillar, we also increased and…
STRIX was responsible for the environmental studies of Eneólica's Wind Farm in Serra d'Aire, Batalha, Portugal. This project has a 20 Megawatts (MW) installed capacity and has now been approved by the Portuguese Government. This wind farm is the third…
STRIX was invited to participate as a specialist in biodiversity and ecology of the Landscape Museum Project (Museu da Paisagem, in Portuguese). The project, which has already started in 2015, had now European funding for its development.The Landscape Museum prototype…
According to two new reports published by WindEurope, wind energy could provide up to 30% of Europe’s power by 2030. WindEurope has published its Wind Energy Outlook, which comprises two reports: Outlook to 2020 and Scenarios for 2030.According to “Outlook…
STRIX is operating its BIRDTRACK Radar system in one of Egypt's largest wind farms, preventing the mortality of hundreds of thousands of migratory birds that cross the Red Sea each year.BIRDTRACK was developed in 2009 by STRIX and it is…
STRIX had a strong presence at the largest international conference on wind energy and biodiversity. The CWW - Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts took place on 6, 7 and 8 September in Estoril, Portugal. This is CWW’s fourth…
STRIX is conducting an exhaustive bats survey in a UNESCO World Heritage area, in Portugal. STRIX is conducting bat inventories in the areas under the management of Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, S.A. (PSML).Although several species of bats classified as…