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Biodiversity

How do solar parks contribute to biodiversity and ecological benefits? And what is the role of ecological research? You can read all about it here.


What does wet soil have to do with birds?
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What does wet soil have to do with birds?

What can the moisture level in the soil tell us about a birds flying over a solar park? At first glance, perhaps not much. But in an ecosystem, almost nothing exists in isolation. At the Nieuw-Buinen solar park, Julia, a student at the University of Groningen, is contributing to a five-year ecological study into solar...


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Solar parks as a new habitat: opportunities and challenges

What happens to nature when agricultural land becomes a solar park? Bionieuws, the Dutch professional magazine for biologists, explored the…

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Can solar parks contribute to biodiversity?

Solar parks and biodiversity. At first glance, that doesn’t sound like a logical combination. Yet in practice, we see that solar parks â€“ when designed intelligently â€“ can actually contribute to biodiversity.   The choices you make in the design, management, and layout of a solar park can even improve…