BayWa r.e.: Spitalhöfe (Pfaffenweiler) solar park
Project: BayWa r.e. Spitalhöfe (Pfaffenweiler) solar park Location: Pfaffenweiler, Germany Cost: 25 000 EUR Objectives: Developed biodiversity enhancing measures in collaboration with local nature conservation organisations, experts, and authorities. Measures undertaken: Created native flower islands. Installed nesting boxes. Developed grassland for sheep grazing. Preserved fruit trees. Planted hedges and individual trees as site screening. Established a wildlife corridor through the […]
Hafslund: Tolga hydropower plant
Project: Hafslund Tolga hydropower plant Location: Tolga, Glomma River, Norway Cost: 1,8 million EUR Dates: 2018-2021 Objectives: Establishment of safe fish migration routes past a new hydropower plant. Measures undertaken: Installed a slanted trash rack with a 15mm light opening to prevent fish swimming into the turbines. Installed two diverters with a total of 2m3/s flow capacity at top of the […]
VERBUND: LIFE Projects (interconnecting and improving Nature 2000 habitats around existing hydropower plants)
Project: VERBUND LIFE Projects (interconnecting and improving Nature 2000 habitats around existing hydropower plants) Location: Austrian Danube Cost: Undertake river restoration, de-sedimentation, and bypass river creation to improve ecological connectivity, habitat condition, and species populations in the Danube, linking existing Natura 2000 areas. Challenges: Success factors: Images copyright: VERBUND
BayWa r.e.: 70ha ground-mounted solar park
Project: BayWa r.e. 70ha ground-mounted solar park Location: South-West France Cost: 850 000 EUR (330 000 EUR for construction and 520 000 EUR for operation) Dates: Began in 2010, operational since 2017 Objectives: Adhere to the mitigation hierarchy, with a net gain in biodiversity Measures undertaken undertaken during site/route selection: The developer worked in partnership with the local municipality to identify […]
SSER: Griffin Wind Farm
Project: SSER Griffin Wind Farm (68 turbines, 2,500 ha) Location: Aberfeldy, Scotland Cost: ~100,000 GBP per year for the habitat management plan, plus one-off initial upfront cost of a few million pounds Dates: 2008 – onwards Objectives: Maintain, enhance, and/or extend moorland, bogs, conifer free buffers around lochs and watercourses, areas of semi-natural and riparian woodland and scrub. Safeguard and […]
illwerke vkw: AG pumped storage hydropower plant “Obervermuntwerk II”
Project: illwerke vkw AG pumped storage hydropower plant “Obervermuntwerk II” Location: Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria Cost: >10 million EUR Dates: Implemented 2014-2018 Objectives: An existing hydropower plant was expanded with a new pumped storage hydropower facility with a capacity of 380 MW. Careful attention was paid during the design, the planning, and implementation phases to minimise the environmental impact and to […]
Statkraft: Talayuela 2
Project: Statkraft Talayuela 2 Location: Talayuela, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain Cost: 260,000 EUR Dates: Operational since 2023 Objectives: Landscape integration, harmonising the solar plant with the surrounding landscape. Preserving all the holm oak (Quercus ilex) species within the project boundary and implemented measures to preserve biodiversity. Maintaining an open dialogue with the local community on biodiversity. Measures undertaken: During Design, Consenting […]
VERBUND: LIFE Projects
Project: VERBUND LIFE Projects, including: Location: River Danube and River Inn, Austria and Germany Cost: LIFE+ Traisen = 30 million EUR, LIFE Netzwerk Danube Plus = 19 million EUR, LIFE Riverscape Lower Inn = 24 million EUR, LIFE Blue Belt Danube Inn = 52 million EUR. Funded by the European Union LIFE programme Dates: Planning to spend 280 million […]