Synergies and trade-offs of multi-use solar landscapes
To optimize multi-use systems, it is essential to consider local economic impacts, ecosystem services and stakeholder perspectives in design and implementation.
Ecovoltaic arrays, designed to incorporate ecological principles and co-prioritize ecosystem services with energy generation, are conceptually appealing, but examples of how ecological understanding can modify utility-scale PV designs are lacking.
Utility-scale solar installations can vary widely in their effect on ecosystem services 3: land grading and removal of vegetation beneath PV panels has the strongest and most obvious negative effects.
Thus, ecovoltaic designs would alter the spacing and operation of PV panels, on the basis of ecological principles, to target specific habitat modifications and generate environmental heterogeneity as a tool to restore, maintain and perhaps even enhance ecosystem services of the ecosystems beneath.
Vegetation reduces soil erosion caused by wind and water, and decreases dust emissions from disturbed soils through moisture retention and plant cover. This benefits both the soil and PV panels by minimizing the effect of wind eddies that carry fine particles to the surface of panels.
To optimize multi-use systems, it is essential to consider local economic impacts, ecosystem services and stakeholder perspectives in design and implementation.
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