The vast expanses of solar panels as part of utility-scale solar facilities are a new type of anthropogenically transformed landscape. Understanding the potential risks to wildlife will help planning to ensure that we do not mitigate greenhouse gas at an avoidable cost to biodiversity conservation.
Evidence for fauna impacts at both concentrating solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) solar facilities was analysed. Solar facilities impact fauna through habitat loss and fragmentation, altered microclimate, and creation of novel habitat.
Novel habitat and foraging resources at solar facilities attract insect and bird species. Wildlife community composition reflects increases in species richness and abundance. Generalist species benefit. Insects and waterbirds are attracted to polarised light reflections from solar panels.
As well as habitat loss and disturbance (e.g., [, ]), solar facilities also contribute to habitat fragmentation, with large expanses of solar panels and other infrastructure (e.g., power lines and non-permeable fencing) creating barriers to species'' daily, seasonal, and migratory movements [3, 15, 16].
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