Title :
Large photovoltaic power plants: Wildlife impacts and benefits
Author :
Fthenakis, Vasilis ; Blunden, Julie ; Green, Tim ; Krueger, Lisa ; Turney, Damon
Abstract :
Plans for large solar energy power plants in federal and private lands of the Southwest United States (US-SW) have received opposition from some citizens and organizations citing potential impacts on wildlife. In this study, potential impacts from solar energy deployment are examined in a comparative context. Specific wildlife enhancement and impact mitigation plans undertaken by SunPower and FirstSolar in California are detailed, and research initiated at Brookhaven National Laboratory on the changes of habitat associated with a solar farm at Long Island, New York, is outlined.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; solar power stations; Brookhaven National Laboratory; FirstSolar impact mitigation plan; Long Island New York; Southwest United States; SunPower impact mitigation plan; US-SW; photovoltaic power plants; solar energy deployment; solar energy power plant; solar farm; wildlife benefit; wildlife enhancement; wildlife impact; Insects; Measurement; Meteorology; Power generation; Soil; Vegetation; Wildlife;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9966-3
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186348
