A growing body of evidence shows PV can have positive ecological impacts. Image: J Everatt Wychwood Biodiversity, NextEnergy Emberton 2024. The associated biodiversity benefits of a solar farm can ...

Solar farms are often bad for biodiversity — but they don’t have to be. Yes, we can have clean energy and tortoises too. ... Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images.

Putting solar farms on agricultural land can not only create hubs for insect biodiversity but also help to mitigate the rising conflict of land use change, new research says.

The UK's solar power capacity has reached 17.2 GW in 2024, with a government target to increase this to 70 GW by 2035 and possibly 90 GW by 2050 to achieve net-zero emissions. New research ...

Photo: Argonne National Laboratory A five-year study of solar farms planted with wildflowers and native grasses discovered that native bees showed a 20-fold increase in numbers.

However, surprisingly few studies have examined the impact of solar farms on biodiversity. Our new research is one of the first to study the impact of solar farms on birds in the UK.

The findings showed well-managed solar farms in arable-dominated areas could provide biodiversity benefits as part of mixed-use landscapes. The study also found new solar farms should not be ...

Conflict between clean energy production and biodiversity isn’t just limited to solar farms; it’s an issue at wind farms too. Large numbers of bats are killed by colliding with the blades of ...

A new study has found well-managed solar farms can make an important contribution to nature as well as "provide relief from the effects of agricultural intensification". The report, from the RSPB ...

Sustainability has been a key consideration at Beane Solar Farm project, with a predicted biodiversity net gain of 98.40% in habitats units, 189.90% in hedgerow units and 10.19% in watercourse units.

Described as “a pollinator friendly solar farm,” even its name signaled ecological beauty: Wildflower Solar. “Fostering biodiversity and boosting crop yields for the community,” a brochure ...

But they argued the findings show solar farms in arable-dominated landscapes that are managed for nature could provide biodiversity benefits as part of mixed-use landscapes.