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💡 How can we accelerate renewables in harmony with nature? Today, The Nature Conservancy joins Eurelectric and other partners to launch a first-of-a-kind guidebook to help developers and policymakers answer this question. While the world faces biodiversity loss, Europe’s power sector is rushing to transform and meet the EU's decarbonisation targets. But we have to go smart to go fast. The PowerPlant 2.0 guidebook comes very timely featuring: 📗 Twelve concrete principles and real-life case studies to show how renewable energy projects can protect and restore #biodiversity 📌 Guidelines for developers on integrating biodiversity throughout the lifecycle of renewable and grid projects 🌻 Insights on smart siting, the mitigation hierarchy, and policy recommendations Dive in: https://nature.ly/3RsqNWd #PowerPlant #NowForNature #REPowerEU #EUSEW24

Today, The Nature Conservancy joined Eurelectric and other partners to launch Power Plant 2.0: A guidebook to electrify in harmony with nature 🍃 The first-of-a-kind guidebook includes: 📚 Guidance for developers on integrating biodiversity throughout the lifecycle of renewable and grid projects; ✅ Twelve key principles – starting with respect of the mitigation hierarchy - to guide developers at every stage of the project lifecycle, from planning and permitting to development, operation, repowering and decommissioning; 🍃 Recommendations for policy-makers to incentivise and reward renewables projects that protect and restore nature. Check out the project website for more information and resources! https://lnkd.in/eBJ8e955 Tackling climate change needn't come at the cost of nature - PowerPlant 2.0 offers concrete steps for ensuring that the energy transition can protect and support nature. Congrats to Rebecca Humphries and all the team and our partners for their leadership on this important set of principles and guides 👏

One-third of areas with high solar & wind power potential have high biodiversity value. 🌎 Using data-driven insights to integrate biodiversity into renewable energy planning is key to protecting biodiversity as renewables scale up. 🌳 #BiodiversityDay #EnergyForDevelopment ⚡️

Energy transition CAN be put in service of the biosphere!

There will inevitably be clashes between development of renewable energy and protecting biodiversity. This excellent paper starts the discussion about how to navigate these clashes so as to maximise renewables and minimise biodiversity loss. https://lnkd.in/gzGCmCzC

What a wonderful start to 2024!!  We are delighted to announce Sevenoaks Council recently approved plans for a solar farm near Edenbridge, projected to supply power to 3,700 households annually. Our proposal for Gaywood East Solar Farm received unanimous support from the Council's Development Committee, echoing the endorsement of planning officers and emphasising its significant contribution to the UKs renewable energy objectives. Having demonstrated very special circumstances, we await final clearance from the Secretary of State owing to its Green Belt placement as the solar farm targets a 2025 energisation. We have committed to ongoing community involvement, ensuring compliance with pre-construction traffic management and flood mitigation measures. Voltis Renewables is delighted with the approval, highlighting the pressing need to address climate emergencies and CO2 targets. James Madigan said “the solar farm's layout would lead to substantial benefits for local biodiversity and the location will continue to sustain sheep farming ensuring a stable income and allowing landowners to practice pastoral farming on the land for future generations, additionally the land will be fully returned to agricultural use at the end of the life of the solar farm. Through collaborative efforts with the landowners and our partners at Locogen, the project aims to strike a balance between electricity generation and land conservation, fostering agricultural growth and bolstering biodiversity. This emphasizes the project's role in providing sustainable, locally sourced energy to the national grid. Initiatives like these, championed by Voltis Renewables and supported by local stakeholders, are crucial in advancing our collective journey toward a sustainable future. It's these actions, aligning with climate targets and emphasizing renewable energy, that pave the way for a greener, more promising tomorrow. Construction, set to commence in 2024, will be overseen by our partners Aukera, focusing on preserving habitats while optimizing clean energy generation.   #climatechange #netzero #greenbelt #planningconsent #renewableenergy

Best invest in Building and talking about Fusion power, space, and maritime propulsion systems and industry as data centres are. You talk about Nuclear (meaning Fission) and fail to discuss fusion. https://lnkd.in/ge_aeX7M The nuclear fission industry is, ignorant of what's happening around you. Pull your uranium heads out, start adjusting your industry to fusion energy and start preparing to enter the commercially growing fusion energy industry. As it dawns on Earth like the sun. Great Headline Guardian on Nuclear fission. https://lnkd.in/g8sMZtpR Fission is moving towards obsolescence at an accelerated pace, as it is "out of step, out of time, out of place," and merely a temporary industry globally. https://lnkd.in/gbd_mZqk By 2028, Helion is expected to start producing electricity from its first fusion commercial power plant, which will provide electricity to Microsoft. The plant will produce at least 50 MWe after an initial ramp-up period. https://lnkd.in/gY9J3MQY Now see what is happening in the Fusion industry in the world. https://lnkd.in/g9hMBD7a As fission trebles, fuel shortage is increasingly real,

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A great article by National Audubon Society reads, "Thanks to a well-established and robust scientific knowledge base and ongoing research and development of new technologies, there are many ways to reduce risks to wildlife. There is no such thing as impact-free energy development, but we have seen positive results from working collaboratively to avoid, minimize, or offset those impacts through science-based solutions." #Renewables #CleanEnergy #EO100

The CEC Clean Energy Summit took place in Sydney and DP Energy Group’s Hugh Cantwell, Head of Development for Australia, Lachlan Giles, Environment and Development Manager, and Gabrielle P., Development Manager for the Callide Wind Farm in Queensland, all attended.   As an industry, we have made world-leading progress in the energy transition in Australia, but there is still a long journey ahead. We need to maintain our momentum, and there is a growing acknowledgment of the need for long-term policy consistency across government cycles.   It is encouraging to see the current Australian government seeking to support and accelerate this energy transition through suitable policy settings like the Capital Investment Scheme. Mitigation of environmental impact is improving, with useful examples of progress in biodiversity impact management and even projects achieving a net biodiversity benefit. These are principles we are applying to our own projects at DP Energy Group.    #CleanEnergySummit #Australia #DPEnergyGroup #RenewableEnergy