BayWa r.e.: Ground-mounted solar park
Project: BayWa r.e. ground-mounted solar park Location: AndalucÃa, Spain Cost: ~300 000 EUR Dates: Implementation to commence 2024 Objectives: Improving biodiversity and local habitat conditions onsite. Establishing monitoring to enable effective adaptive management strategies that provide benefits for the ecosystem and community. Measures undertaken: Installation of perimeter vegetation screens and planting grass to provide wildlife shelter and/or ground nesting whilst also […]
VERBUND: Pinos Puente
Project: VERBUND Pinos Puente Location: AndalucÃa, Spain Dates: Operational since 2022 Objectives: Preserving biodiversity in the face of habitat loss and increased risks of collision mortality due to the development. Measures undertaken: Reforestation with native bushes and trees along boundaries, plus the installation of vegetation screens along the perimeter fence. Installation of passageways for small fauna in the perimeter fence […]
VERBUND: PV LA Solana
Project: VERBUND PV LA Solana Location: Cáceres, Extremedura, Spain Dates: Operational since 2022 Objectives: To reduce the negative impact generated by the construction and operation of the plant on local biodiversity throughout the life of the plant. Measures undertaken: Natural vegetation control through livestock. Installation of 4 bird nests, 3 insect houses and 3 amphibian shelters. Creation of a flora […]
ESB: Networks Retired substation
Project: ESB Networks retired substation Location: Ireland Cost: Circa 50 000 EUR for the civil and landscaping costs. As this approach supplanted the standard method of removal of all standing infrastructure, site levelling and stoning of compound, costs were approximately half of the typical budget for the decommissioning for such a retired site. Objectives: Trialled an alternative decommissioning method […]
Statkraft: Ripping to enhance fish habitat in River Suldalslågen
Project: Statkraft ripping to enhance fish habitat in River SuldalslÃ¥gen Location: Rogaland County, Norway Cost: N/A, but was low-range and included surveillance, administration, machine costs, and monitoring Dates: 2021-2024 Objectives: Enhance the habitat conditions and improve the natural reproduction levels of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a river designated as of national importance for salmon. Two large hydropower production […]
illwerke vkw: AG transformer station
Project: illwerke vkw AG transformer station Location: Bürs, Vorarlberg, Austria Cost: 65.000 EUR for biodiversity planning, implementation, seedbed preparation, woody planting, meadow casting, large tree transplantation, etc. Dates: Realised in 2015 Objectives: Landscape external areas in and around the 11.15 ha transformer station to promote biodiversity by establishing species-rich planting under the technical facilities, whilst also meeting the relevant safety […]
Hafslund: Hunderfossen hydropower plant – optimisation of minimum flow, gate manoeuvring and non-intrusive fish counting
Project: Hafslund Hunderfossen hydropower plant – optimisation of minimum flow, gate manoeuvring and non-intrusive fish counting. Location: GudbrandsdalslÃ¥gen River, Norway Cost: 70 000 EUR per annum (estimated cost based on energy production lost due to minimal flow) Objectives: Improve the migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta), a nationally valuable species, past the dam, as well as improving spawning and […]
SSER: General approach to applying the Mitigation Hierarchy in offshore wind farms development
Project: SSER general approach to applying the Mitigation Hierarchy in offshore wind farms development Location: UK Cost: N/A Dates: 2008 – onwards Objectives: To apply the mitigation hierarchy to minimise the environmental impact of offshore SSER projects throughout their lifecycle phases, whilst also fostering innovation and knowledge-sharing within the renewable energy sector. Measures undertaken: Note that the following construction measures are […]
BayWa r.e.: 17ha (14,6 MW) ground-mounted solar park of Fontenet 2
Project: BayWa r.e. 17ha (14,6 MW) ground-mounted solar park of Fontenet 2 Location: Department of Charente-Maritime, municipality of Fontenet Cost: 45 000 EUR Dates: The project began in 2017, works during 2021-2022, operational since Q2 2022 Objectives: Adhere to the mitigation hierarchy in a former military camp where there were strong ecological issues (protected butterflies, bird nesting, rare habitats).Avoid adverse […]
BayWa r.e.: Approaches to increase wind farm biodiversity
Project: BayWa r.e. approaches to increase wind farm biodiversity Location: Across France Cost: 50 000 EUR (for funding agro-eco measures) Objectives: Supported local farmers with agroecological measures and highlighted the developer’s biodiversity considerations to authorisers. Measures undertaken: Organised workshops with local farmers and the Agricultural Chamber to define and launch measures (including natural corridors, purchasing of equipment for soil conservation […]