EDF found guilty of ‘destruction of 160 individual bats and birds, in particular lesser kestrels’ at farm in southern France

In what bird lovers are calling a landmark ruling, the Montpellier court held EDF Renouvelables and nine of its subsidiaries responsible for the deaths of 160 bats and birds, especially lesser kestrels, which regularly collide with the blades despite deterrents put in place by operators.