OUR VISION
WHY?
Transitioning to low carbon energy supply will prompt a substantial land use change across the world, with implications for ecosystems, at a time of increasing land use pressure and environmental decline.
WHAT?
Resolving and quantifying the co-benefits and co-costs of renewable energy infrastructure in our landscapes and using this knowledge to embed broader environmental benefits into the design, construction, operation and decommissioning.
HOW?
Working across disciplines and sectors to co-develop collaborative field, laboratory, modelling and desk-based research, innovation and consultancy projects and using the findings to change policy and practice.
Our Current Projects

Remote Sensing of Solar Park Impacts
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Strategically Integrated Renewable Energy and Environment Systems (SIRE)
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Our Recent Publications

Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability
Details means to deliver both energy and ecosystem benefits from solar energy deployments. Published in Nature Sustainability.

Integrating environmental understanding into freshwater floatovoltaic deployment using an effects hierarchy and decision trees
Provides a framework to aid resolving potential water body impacts of floating solar photovoltaic systems. Published in Environmental Research Letters.

Realising co-benefits for natural capital and ecosystem services from solar parks: A co-developed, evidence-based approach
Outlines a decision support tool that informs solar park management for ecosystem services and natural capital. Published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.