Tackling climate change through renewable energy is essential for saving nature – but development of sites such as solar farms can pose conservation challenges.
So, we’re continuing our efforts to put nature on the energy agenda with the Government and energy developers, as well as conducting research into how renewables can best be rolled out to benefit nature.
Research led by RSPB conservation scientists shows that solar farms with mixed habitat host more bird species and individuals than intensive arable farmland.
This adds to growing evidence that solar farms can enhance bird populations and overall species richness when placed on sites selected to reduce impacts on wildlife and managed for biodiversity by planting hedgerows and wildflowers, for example.
