Featured in Time for microgrids to go macro? – 11-2019

Killing two birds with one stone

A visit to a solar park in the German state of Brandenburg shows how integrating biodiversity concepts with PV can be a strong solution to plummeting insect populations, endangered plant species and soil erosion. Case studies in the United Kingdom and the United States back this up.

By

Becky Beetz

12 Nov 2019

Image: Christina Grätz, owner, Nagola Re GmbH

Sabine Tischew, professor of plant sociology and landscape ecology, is here to be convinced. She announces this as she climbs into the car, where Ralf Schnitzler, solar project developer at Bejulo GmbH, is driving pv magazine and two other curious professors from the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences to Frauendorf – a two-hour car journey …

This article is part of pv+

Subscribe digitally to unlock exclusive investigative reporting, expert insights, in-depth analysis, and premium background coverage. Your subscription also includes full access to the digital edition of our magazine.