A study led by the University of Southampton has found that expanding green energy production sites in the future won’t necessarily be a threat to protected areas of land.
Researchers from Southampton studied if expanding land use requirements for wind and solar infrastructure would impact the ability to preserve biodiversity. They used global databases covering more than 24,500 land-based renewable energy installations in 153 countries to examine overlaps with areas identified as important for biodiversity conservation, at 1-km resolution.
