SPRINGFIELD, VA – Versar, Inc. (NYSE Amex:VSR) is one of 53 organizations selected for new wind energy projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as announced by DOE Secretary Steven Chu.

These projects, with total DOE funding of $8.5 million, are intended to address market and deployment challenges identified in DOE’s 2008 report: “20 percent wind energy by 2030.”

ersar’s $143,000 project, entitled “Spatially-Explicit Bat Impact Screening Tool for Turbine Siting,” will be conducted in collaboration with Exponent, an internationally known ecological risk assessment firm.

The objective of the project is to develop a model that can be used to evaluate the potential for wind projects sited in different locations to impact bats, taking into account bat biology and behavior.

Wind project impacts on bats has become a significant issue in many geographical locations, particularly where certain bat species are listed as threatened and endangered.

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