太阳能农场在英格兰生态景观中的位置:对生物多样性保护的影响
Elizabeth Tinsley1, Jérémy S P Froidevaux2, Gareth Jones1
1University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Bristol, UK.
Journal of environmental management
|November 24, 2024
概括
英格兰的太阳能发电场通常远离敏感的生态区域,最大限度地减少生物多样性的影响. 当前的规划有助于确保可再生能源的扩张与保护目标保持一致.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 可再生能源可再生能源是可再生能源.
- 环境规划 环境规划
背景情况:
- 全球协议推动向可再生能源的过渡.
- 增加生物多样性保护是同时全球优先事项.
- 可再生能源基础设施的扩张与生物多样性保护存在潜在冲突,被称为绿色-绿色困境.
研究的目的:
- 调查英格兰的太阳能光伏 (PV) 农场是否位于最小化对生物多样性的影响的位置.
- 为了测试这样的假设,太阳能发电场与随机点相比,不太可能位于生态敏感区域附近.
主要方法:
- 利用地理信息系统 (GIS) 方法分析英格兰太阳能光伏农场的空间分布.
- 评估了太阳能发电场与25个敏感生态特征的接近程度,包括优先息地和指定地点,跨越三个空间尺度 (100米,1000米,6000米).
- 比较太阳能发电场周围的生态特征范围与随机点.
主要成果:
- 太阳能发电场分布在整个英格兰,在西南部有着显著的集中.
- 太阳能站点主要位于存在人类影响的地区,例如农业和城市景观.
- 优先息地和大多数指定地点被发现在随机点周围比在太阳能发电场周围更广泛,表明适当的位置.
结论:
- 英国目前的规划法规似乎有效地将太阳能发电场适当地放置在敏感的生态息地.
- 太阳能发电往往位于已经受农业和开发影响的地区,减少了潜在的冲突.
- 建议进行适应性规划和持续监测,以将生物多样性和太阳能发电场的不断发展的研究纳入决策和影响评估.
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