Purpose & intended audience
This best practice guidance has been produced to raise awareness and promote the design, construction and operation of high-quality solar farm projects which support ecology and deliver additional benefits arising from multiple land use. It provides detailed guidance on how to deliver a solar farm from site design through to decommissioning with an emphasis on promoting environments which provide natural capital, biodiversity, and in some cases agriculture, alongside green energy supply. Most Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) will by now have some experience with the consenting process for renewable energy technologies, however many may be unaware of the specific opportunities for solar farms to improve biodiversity and increase ecosystem services. Solar farms can be a critical tool for LPAs to achieve both their climate and ecological objectives. Solar farm developers should also find this guide useful in the development, construction, and operation of sites. It has been designed to clearly set out the benefits of implementing biodiversity enhancement strategies alongside maximising the output of solar installations. This has progressed considerably in the past few years, presenting exciting new financial opportunities as well.
This best practice guidance has been produced to raise awareness and promote the design, construction and operation of high-quality solar farm projects which support ecology and deliver additional benefits arising from multiple land use. It provides detailed guidance on how to deliver a solar farm from site design through to decommissioning with an emphasis on promoting environments which provide natural capital, biodiversity, and in some cases agriculture, alongside green energy supply. Most Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) will by now have some experience with the consenting process for renewable energy technologies, however many may be unaware of the specific opportunities for solar farms to improve biodiversity and increase ecosystem services. Solar farms can be a critical tool for LPAs to achieve both their climate and ecological objectives. Solar farm developers should also find this guide useful in the development, construction, and operation of sites. It has been designed to clearly set out the benefits of implementing biodiversity enhancement strategies alongside maximising the output of solar installations. This has progressed considerably in the past few years, presenting exciting new financial opportunities as well.
- Solar Energy UK. (2022). Natural capital best practice guidance. Increasing biodiversity at all stages of a solar farm’s lifecycle. Solar Energy UK. 34 pp. [PDF]
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