2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.030
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Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy

Abstract: This extensive literature review identifies the impacts of different renewable energy 9 pathways on ecosystems and biodiversity, and the implications of these impacts for 10 transitioning to a Green Economy. While the higher penetration of renewable energy is 11 currently a backbone of Green Economy efforts, an emerging body of literature 12 demonstrates how the renewable energy sector can affect ecosystems and biodiversity. The 13 current review synthesizes the existing knowledge at the interface of renewable… Show more

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“…Section 3 presents the results of a review of academic literature, grey literature and reports, and websites, demonstrating that technologies and practices are presently available to support this approach. This review extends the work of Gasparatos et al (2017), , and others by drawing together multiple fields of study including geographies of energy (Bridge et al 2013;Huber 2015;Calvert 2016), conservation sciences (Noss et al 2012;Martin, Maris, and Simberloff 2016), ecological restoration, planning, and design (McHarg 1969;Anker 2010;Higgs 2012), sustainable and multifunctional energy landscapes (Stremke and Koh 2011;Howard et al 2013;de Waal and Stremke 2014;Lokman 2017;Pasqualetti and Stremke 2017), natural infrastructure (Bennett, Cassin, and Carroll 2016), and techno-ecological synergies (Bakshi, Ziv, and Lepech 2015;Hanes, Gopalakrishnan, and Bakshi 2017). Technologies were selected from those that convert energy sources continuously replenished by the sun or other natural cycles into modern forms of energy, including solar and wind power, hydroelectricity, bioenergy and ocean energy (Ellabban, Abu-Rub, and Blaabjerg 2014).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 70%
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“…Section 3 presents the results of a review of academic literature, grey literature and reports, and websites, demonstrating that technologies and practices are presently available to support this approach. This review extends the work of Gasparatos et al (2017), , and others by drawing together multiple fields of study including geographies of energy (Bridge et al 2013;Huber 2015;Calvert 2016), conservation sciences (Noss et al 2012;Martin, Maris, and Simberloff 2016), ecological restoration, planning, and design (McHarg 1969;Anker 2010;Higgs 2012), sustainable and multifunctional energy landscapes (Stremke and Koh 2011;Howard et al 2013;de Waal and Stremke 2014;Lokman 2017;Pasqualetti and Stremke 2017), natural infrastructure (Bennett, Cassin, and Carroll 2016), and techno-ecological synergies (Bakshi, Ziv, and Lepech 2015;Hanes, Gopalakrishnan, and Bakshi 2017). Technologies were selected from those that convert energy sources continuously replenished by the sun or other natural cycles into modern forms of energy, including solar and wind power, hydroelectricity, bioenergy and ocean energy (Ellabban, Abu-Rub, and Blaabjerg 2014).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…In a manner not seen since the pre-industrial era (Hornborg 2013), harvesting energy sources at the Earth's surface on a global scale implies a deep restructuring of physical space (Smil 2015;Huber and McCarthy 2017), exacerbating tensions around existing and future use of lands and oceans (Gasparatos et al 2017;Huber and McCarthy 2017). Although continued use of nonrenewable energy sources requires ongoing expansion (Allred et al 2015), compared to these conventional systems, renewable energy technologies require more physical space to deliver the same amount of power (i.e., lower rate of energy flow per unit of surface area) (MacKay 2010;Smil 2015;Capellán-Pérez, de Castro, and Arto 2017).…”
Section: Renewable Energy and The Natural World: Relevance Relationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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