Pollinator and wildlife friendly solar is a growing and important subject in the Midwestern US and across the country/globe. We expect to add 2-3 million acres of ground mount solar in the US from 2020-2030 so there is a real opportunity to make those solar fields as environmentally friendly to birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
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Pollinator and wildlife friendly solar presentation may 6 2020 by tim montague
1. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees | May 6, 2020
Tim Montague, M.S.
NABCEP PV Technical Sales™
Continental Energy Solutions
www.CESnrg.com
4. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
5. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
7. • 13‐15 Gigawatts per year
(13‐15,000 MW; 1 MW = 5 acres)
• 65,000 acres/yr of solar
• 2‐3 million acres 2020‐2030
• 10 M acres = 100% solar powered
• Renewable Portfolio
Standards
• CA – 100% by 2045
• NY – 100% by 2040
• NJ – 50% by 2030
• VA – 100% by 2045
• TX – 10,000 MW by
2025
• IL – 25% by 2025
(3,000+ MW)
• NM – 100% by 2045
• WA – 100% by 2045
• NV – 100% by 2050
• MD – 50% by 2030
17. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
27. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
32. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
33. Best Practices
• Use a pollinator scorecard
• Find the right ecological partners
• Panels 30-36” high at the lowest
point
• Selective mowing, chemical
treatment
• Keep cables/conduit below ground
34. • Quality partners / installation &
management contractors
• High quality seeds, mix design
• Start planning early / engage
restoration experts
• Site prep / existing conditions
• System design & detailing
Best Practices
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44. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar? Why now?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
47. Solar Honey / Beer!
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October 2016
August 2018
48. Pollinator & Wildlife Friendly Solar
The good, the bad and the bees
• Drivers of solar PV expansion
• Why eco-friendly solar? Why now?
• Land use considerations
• Best Practices
• Case Studies
• Resources
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50. MOBILIZING FINANCE FOR LAND CONSERVATION AT THE ENERGY‐
LANDAGRICULTURE NEXUS, Yale Center for Business and
Environment https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019‐
12/MobilizingFinanceforLandConservation_0.pdf
University of Vermont Extension: Pollinator Friendly Solar
Resources
https://www.uvm.edu/extension/agriculture/pollinator-
friendly-solar
Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global
sustainability by Rebecca Hernandez et. al. | July 2019 |
Nature Sustainability
Bloomberg Looks at Land Use
https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/bloomberg-looks-at-
u-s-land-use/
EPRI - OVERVIEW OF POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY SOLAR
ENERGY | 2019
http://rightofway.erc.uic.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2020/02/000000003002014869.pdf
Examining the Potential for Agricultural Benefits from
Pollinator Habitat at Solar Facilities in the United States
by Lee Walston
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b00020
7 Pollinator-Friendly Solar Systems
By Billy Ludt | April 8, 2020 | Solar Power World
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/04/pollinator
-friendly-solar-projects/
Solar arrays abuzz thanks to new pollinator-friendly
vegetation initiative
By Kelsey Misbrener | May 1, 2017 | Solar Power World
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2017/05/pollinator
-friendly-solar-vegetation/
Fuzz & Buzz seed mix created for solar sites with sheep
grazing and pollinator habitats
By Kelly Pickerel | February 18, 2020 | Solar Power World
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/02/fuzz-
buzz-seed-mix-created-for-solar-sites-with-sheep-grazing-
and-pollinator-habitats/
Pollinators, Climate Change, and Clean Energy
By Dr. Marla Spivak, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe | April 22, 2020
| Fresh Energy | Video
https://youtu.be/XJa6KCh3UcM
Solar & Multi-Use Farming
https://www.seia.org/sites/default/files/2019‐
09/Solar%20Multiuse%20Farming%20Practices%20FactSheet%
202019%20v3.pdf
51. Thank you!
The good, the bad and the bees | May 6, 2020
Tim Montague, M.S.
NABCEP PV Technical Sales™
Continental Energy Solutions
www.CESnrg.com