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Progressive biofuels
The EU is targeting future funding at biofuels from raw materials, which are expected to have fewer negative effects on land use than conventional biofuels e.g. from rape, cereals or palm oil. The…
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Quality assurance of bat expert opinions
Guaranteeing the quality of bat expert reports for wind turbine planning and approval is an important current requirement for an environmentally compatible energy transition. Species protection needs…
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RE scenarios from a nature conservation viewpoint
The project aims to find a balance between the economic and technical requirements of future renewable energy sites and the most environmentally compatible development of them. The alternative…
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RE100 in practice – environmentally compatible energy transition
The conversion of the energy supply system must be designed to be environmentally and landscape compatible, while taking account of human needs. Existing studies of this suffer from major…
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Renewable energy: Regional Simulation Game
The project will evaluate at the regional level the assessment methodology and results of the previous project "Expansion scenarios for renewable energies from a nature conservation viewpoint", in…
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Renewables in nature conservation monitoring
The project fills the gap of a missing overall view of the effects of the expansion of renewable energies on nature and landscape since 1991. The research project will examine the impact of the…
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SuN-diverse – More biodiversity in solar farms
The expansion of solar energy, also on open land, will increase strongly in Germany in the next few years. The aim of the project is to improve the consideration of nature conservation issues in the…
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Tree species in German forests
This project aims to compare different methods for assessing the naturalness of the tree species composition of woodlands in Germany and presents suggestions for a more transparent and spatially and…
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Wind energy ramp up and species protection laws
In view of the climate crisis, the German Federal government has set itself the goal of increasing the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption to at least 80 % by 2030 and to 100…
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WindGISKI
WindGISKI Land use conflicts jeopardise the success of the energy transition. In many regions of Germany, citizens are campaigning against the expansion of wind energy because they are concerned…
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