Renewable energy and biological conservation in a changing world

Making the sun shine at night: comparing the cost of dispatchable concentrating solar power and photovoltaics with storage

(2021) Franziska Schöniger et al.   Energy Sources Part B-Economics Planning and Policy

Acoustic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Fishery Resources: An Evolving Source and Varied Effects Across a Wind Farm’s Lifetime

(2021) Aran Mooney et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

The potential land requirements and related land use change emissions of solar energy

(2021) Dirk-Jan van de Ven et al.   Scientific Reports

Growing grasses in unprofitable areas of US Midwest croplands could increase species richness

(2021) Jasmine A.F. Kreig et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Global Biodiversity Implications of Alternative Electrification Strategies Under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

(2021) Ryan A. McManamay et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Land use for United States power generation: A critical review of existing metrics with suggestions for going forward

(2021) Elizabeth Wachs et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America

(2021) Henriette I. Jager et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Are fish in danger? A review of environmental effects of marine renewable energy on fishes

(2021) Andrea E. Copping et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Solar energy development impacts flower-visiting beetles and flies in the Mojave Desert

(2021) Steven M. Grodsky et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A heuristic tool to assess regional impacts of renewable energy infrastructure on conservation areas

(2021) Matthew J. Troia et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Hydropower development in the Republic of Georgia and implications for freshwater biodiversity conservation

(2021) Bella Japoshvili et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Oil and gas development and its effect on bird diversity in the high plains of Colorado (2003–2018)

(2021) Karen Maguire et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Impacts of loss of free-flowing rivers on global freshwater megafauna

(2021) Fengzhi He et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Honeybee pollination benefits could inform solar park business cases, planning decisions and environmental sustainability targets

(2021) Alona Armstrong et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

US biofuel production and policy: implications for land use changes in Malaysia and Indonesia

(2020) Farzad Taheripour et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions

(2020) Benjamin Hmiel et al.   NATURE

Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions

(2020) Yadvinder Malhi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of current and future large dams on the geographic range connectivity of freshwater fish worldwide

(2020) Valerio Barbarossa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Blue Fix: What's driving blue growth?

(2020) Zoe W. Brent et al.   Sustainability Science

Risk Retirement—Decreasing Uncertainty and Informing Consenting Processes for Marine Renewable Energy Development

(2020) Andrea E. Copping et al.   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Wind, sun, and wildlife: do wind and solar energy development “short-circuit” conservation in the western United States?

(2020) Mickey Agha et al.   Environmental Research Letters

THE EFFECT OF FOSSIL FUEL AND HYDROPOWER ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS: EKC VALIDATION WITH STRUCTURAL BREAKS

(2020) Chenxia Xia et al.   Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change

(2020) Christopher H. Trisos et al.   NATURE

Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity in Abandoned Underground Coal Mines

(2020) Dacheng Shang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Complementary relationship between small-hydropower and increasing penetration of solar photovoltaics: Evidence from CAISO

(2020) Rui Shan et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Global correlates of range contractions and expansions in terrestrial mammals

(2020) Michela Pacifici et al.   Nature Communications

Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat

(2020) Michelle Ward et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development

(2020) Steven M. Grodsky et al.   Nature Sustainability

Impacts of Renewable Energy Resources on Effectiveness of Grid-Integrated Systems: Succinct Review of Current Challenges and Potential Solution Strategies

(2020) Joseph Oyekale et al.   Energies

Biomass‐based gaseous fuel for hybrid renewable energy systems: An overview and future research opportunities

(2020) Prashant Malik et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

The Land Sparing, Water Surface Use Efficiency, and Water Surface Transformation of Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy Installations

(2020) Alexander E. Cagle et al.   Sustainability

Disentangling the latitudinal and altitudinal shifts in community composition induced by climate change: The case of riparian birds

(2020) Elie Gaget et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Conservation cobenefits from air pollution regulation: Evidence from birds

(2020) Yuanning Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

(2020) Almut Arneth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hybrid floating solar photovoltaics-hydropower systems: Benefits and global assessment of technical potential

(2020) Nathan Lee et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Time to rethink energy research

(2020) Elizabeth Shove   Nature Energy

Rise and reduction of induced earthquakes in the Groningen gas field, 1991–2018: statistical trends, social impacts, and policy change

(2019) Charles Vlek   Environmental Earth Sciences

Commonalities in stream connectivity restoration alternatives: an attempt to simplify barrier removal optimization

(2019) Ryan A. McManamay et al.   Ecosphere

A smart curtailment approach for reducing bat fatalities and curtailment time at wind energy facilities

(2019) Mark A. Hayes et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Minimizing wildlife impacts for offshore wind energy development: Winning tradeoffs for seabirds in space and cetaceans in time

(2019) Benjamin D. Best et al.   PLoS One

A long‐term assessment of raptor displacement at a wind farm

(2019) Regan Dohm et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Optimal control of wind-hydrokinetic pumpback hydropower plant constrained with ecological water flows

(2019) Sam Sichilalu et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Evidence of region‐wide bat population decline from long‐term monitoring and Bayesian occupancy models with empirically informed priors

(2019) Thomas J. Rodhouse et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Life cycle environmental impact assessment of fuel mix-based biomass co-firing plants with CO2 capture and storage

(2019) Bo Yang et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Producing wind energy at the cost of biodiversity: A stakeholder view on a green-green dilemma

(2019) Christian C. Voigt et al.   Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Biodiversity can benefit from climate stabilization despite adverse side effects of land-based mitigation

(2019) Haruka Ohashi et al.   Nature Communications

How low can you go? The importance of quantifying minimum generation levels for renewable integration

(2018) Paul Denholm et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Examining the Potential for Agricultural Benefits from Pollinator Habitat at Solar Facilities in the United States

(2018) Leroy J. Walston et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Where can switchgrass production be more profitable than corn and soybean? An integrated subfield assessment in Iowa, USA

(2018) Elke Brandes et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Quantifying avian avoidance of offshore wind turbines: Current evidence and key knowledge gaps

(2018) Aonghais S.C.P. Cook et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

CO 2 emissions, natural gas and renewables, economic growth: Assessing the evidence from China

(2018) Kangyin Dong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams

(2018) Elizabeth P. Anderson et al.   Science Advances

Global And Regional Trends In Mercury Emissions And Concentrations, 2010–2015

(2018) David G. Streets et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Effects of development of wind energy and associated changes in land use on bird densities in upland areas

(2018) Darío Fernández-Bellon et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Projected changes in wind assistance under climate change for nocturnally migrating bird populations

(2018) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction

(2018) Justin L. Penn et al.   SCIENCE

Operational offshore wind farms and associated ship traffic cause profound changes in distribution patterns of Loons (Gavia spp.)

(2018) Bettina Mendel et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A new solution to mitigate hydropeaking? Batteries versus re-regulation reservoirs

(2018) Yoga Anindito et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

100% renewable electricity in Australia

(2017) Andrew Blakers et al.   ENERGY

Land-Sparing Opportunities for Solar Energy Development in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study of the Great Central Valley, CA, United States

(2017) Madison K. Hoffacker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tamm Review: Shifting global fire regimes: Lessons from reburns and research needs

(2017) Susan J. Prichard et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Sustainability of utility-scale solar energy - critical ecological concepts

(2017) Kara A Moore-O'Leary et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Wood pellets, what else? Greenhouse gas parity times of European electricity from wood pellets produced in the south-eastern United States using different softwood feedstocks

(2017) Steef V. Hanssen et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Atmospheric conditions create freeways, detours and tailbacks for migrating birds

(2017) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar

(2017) Christopher T. M. Clack et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

(2017) Tania Schoennagel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Review of ocean tidal, wave and thermal energy technologies

(2017) N. Khan et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy

(2017) Alexandros Gasparatos et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Hydropeaking in regulated rivers – From process understanding to design of mitigation measures

(2017) C. Hauer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Herbaceous or Salix miyabeana ‘SX64’ narrow buffer strips as a means to minimize glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid leaching from row crop fields

(2017) Louise Hénault-Ethier et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Understanding the life cycle surface land requirements of natural gas-fired electricity

(2017) Sarah M. Jordaan et al.   Nature Energy

Avian interactions with renewable energy infrastructure: An update

(2016) Jennifer A. Smith et al.   CONDOR

Fire management strategies to maintain species population processes in a fragmented landscape of fire-interval extremes

(2016) Ayesha I. T. Tulloch et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on coral reef fisheries: An integrated ecological–economic model

(2016) Ann E. Speers et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Underground pumped storage hydroelectricity using abandoned works (deep mines or open pits) and the impact on groundwater flow

(2016) Estanislao Pujades et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Response of migrating raptors to an increasing number of wind farms

(2016) Sergio A. Cabrera-Cruz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Multiple mortality events in bats: a global review

(2016) Thomas J. O'Shea et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Incorporating bioenergy into sustainable landscape designs

(2016) Virginia H. Dale et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A fish-eye view of riverine hydropower systems: the current understanding of the biological response to turbine passage

(2016) Brenda M. Pracheil et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

(2016) K. O. Winemiller et al.   SCIENCE

Estimating mercury emissions resulting from wildfire in forests of the Western United States

(2016) Jackson P. Webster et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: A synthesis

(2016) Joshua T. Ackerman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Climate-Related Local Extinctions Are Already Widespread among Plant and Animal Species

(2016) John J. Wiens   PLOS BIOLOGY

Energy Sprawl Is the Largest Driver of Land Use Change in United States

(2016) Anne M. Trainor et al.   PLoS One

Can Recent Global Changes Explain the Dramatic Range Contraction of an Endangered Semi-Aquatic Mammal Species in the French Pyrenees?

(2016) Anaïs Charbonnel et al.   PLoS One

The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures

(2016) Greg A. Barron-Gafford et al.   Scientific Reports

Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to a sixth mass extinction

(2015) Malcolm L. McCallum   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The Energy Footprint: How Oil, Natural Gas, and Wind Energy Affect Land for Biodiversity and the Flow of Ecosystem Services

(2015) Nathan F. Jones et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The inability of tropical cloud forest species to invade grasslands above treeline during climate change: potential explanations and consequences

(2015) Evan M. Rehm et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Metapopulation analysis indicates native and non-native fishes respond differently to effects of wildfire on desert streams

(2015) James E. Whitney et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

Ocean zoning for conservation, fisheries and marine renewable energy: Assessing trade-offs and co-location opportunities

(2015) Katherine L. Yates et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Solar energy development impacts on land cover change and protected areas

(2015) Rebecca R. Hernandez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatial design principles for sustainable hydropower development in river basins

(2015) Henriëtte I. Jager et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Pesticide runoff from energy crops: A threat to aquatic invertebrates?

(2015) Katja Bunzel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Efficient use of land to meet sustainable energy needs

(2015) Rebecca R. Hernandez et al.   Nature Climate Change

Fire severity and fire-induced landscape heterogeneity affect arboreal mammals in fire-prone forests

(2015) Evelyn K. Chia et al.   Ecosphere

Risks to global biodiversity from fossil-fuel production exceed those from biofuel production

(2014) Virginia H. Dale et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Global ocean conveyor lowers extinction risk in the deep sea

(2014) Lea-Anne Henry et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Modeling Potential Freshwater Ecotoxicity Impacts Due to Pesticide Use in Biofuel Feedstock Production: The Cases of Maize, Rapeseed, Salix, Soybean, Sugar Cane, and Wheat

(2014) Maria Nordborg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ecological Risks of Shale Oil and Gas Development to Wildlife, Aquatic Resources and their Habitats

(2014) Margaret C. Brittingham et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies

(2014) Edgar G. Hertwich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oil platforms off California are among the most productive marine fish habitats globally

(2014) J. T. Claisse et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Behavior of bats at wind turbines

(2014) Paul. M. Cryan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Getting from here to there – energy technology transformation pathways in the EMF27 scenarios

(2013) Volker Krey et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Combined optimization of a wind farm and a well field for wind-enabled groundwater production

(2013) E. Annette Hernandez et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Marine renewable energy development: assessing the Benthic Footprint at multiple scales

(2013) Raeanne G Miller et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Climate change impacts on biodiversity in Switzerland: A review

(2013) Pascal Vittoz et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Avian collisions at two wind farms in Tasmania, Australia: taxonomic and ecological characteristics of colliders versus non-colliders

(2013) CL Hull et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Tidal barrages in the UK: Ecological and social impacts, potential mitigation, and tools to support barrage planning

(2013) Tara Hooper et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Siting solar energy development to minimize biological impacts

(2013) David M. Stoms et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Impact of Shale Gas Development on Regional Water Quality

(2013) R. D. Vidic et al.   SCIENCE

Behavioral Responses of Representative Freshwater Fish Species to Electromagnetic Fields

(2013) Mark S. Bevelhimer et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss

(2013) R. Warren et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

(2012) Céline Bellard et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

(2012) G. Ziv et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantifying the global wave power resource

(2012) Kester Gunn et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Effectiveness of weed management methods in establishment of switchgrass and a native species mixture for biofuels in Wisconsin

(2011) Jessica R. Miesel et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Wildlife Conservation and Solar Energy Development in the Desert Southwest, United States

(2011) Jeffrey E. Lovich et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Ocean Acidification: The Newest Threat to the Global Environment

(2011) Tasneem Abbasi et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Grid flexibility and storage required to achieve very high penetration of variable renewable electricity

(2011) Paul Denholm et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Wind Energy: The Next Frontier for Ecological Risk Assessment

(2011) Rebecca A. Efroymson   HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Investigating the causes of death for wind turbine-associated bat fatalities

(2011) Steven M. Grodsky et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Environmental and Ecological Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy Development – A Current Synthesis

(2011) George Boehlert et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Recent ecological responses to climate change support predictions of high extinction risk

(2011) I. M. D. Maclean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrologic Trade-Offs in Conjunctive Use Management

(2010) John Bredehoeft   Groundwater

Response of raptors to a windfarm

(2010) Julia C. Garvin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Artificial reef effect and fouling impacts on offshore wave power foundations and buoys – a pilot study

(2009) Olivia Langhamer et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

(2009) N. LEROY POFF et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

The introduction of coastal infrastructure as a driver of change in marine environments

(2009) Fabio Bulleri et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A Large-Scale Mitigation Experiment to Reduce Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities

(2009) Erin F. Baerwald et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Wave power—Sustainable energy or environmentally costly? A review with special emphasis on linear wave energy converters

(2009) Olivia Langhamer et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Designer landscapes for sustainable biofuels

(2009) Lian Pin Koh et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The orangutan–oil palm conflict: economic constraints and opportunities for conservation

(2008) Hemanath Swarna Nantha et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Carbon payback times for crop-based biofuel expansion in the tropics: the effects of changing yield and technology

(2008) Holly K Gibbs et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Patterns of Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America

(2008) Edward B. Arnett et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Birds are tracking climate warming, but not fast enough

(2008) V. Devictor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics

(2008) R. K. Colwell et al.   SCIENCE

Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity?

(2008) Lian Pin Koh et al.   Conservation Letters