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Climate and energy
In 2020, the Netherlands must generate 14% of its energy sustainably, as agreed in the Energy Agreement. That is why we invest heavily in wind and solar energy both on land and at sea. Wageningen University & Research investigates the opportunities for a nature-inclusive embedding of wind turbines and solar panels in the landscape. In addition, we look at the impact of (the extraction of) renewable and non-renewable energy on the ecosystem and how to deal with ecological effects.

Solar energy

Solar energy
To achieve the objectives of the Energy Agreement, the Dutch government is investing heavily in solar energy, among other things. This is reflected in a large increase in solar parks, in particular on agricultural land, often aimed at maximising energy yield. To do this in a sustainable and nature-inclusive way, Wageningen University & Research has developed the a Solar Research Programme.
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With low emission to high transmission : Integrating low thermal emissivity in antireflective coatings on glasses for energy saving in greenhouse horticulture
Bleiswijk : Stichting Wageningen Research, Wageningen Plant Research, Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture (Report / Stichting Wageningen Research, Wageningen Plant Research, Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture WPR-1040) - p. -
Quantitative simulation of the water-energy-food (WEF) security nexus in a local planning context in indonesia
Sustainable Production and Consumption 25 (2021). - ISSN 2352-5509 - p. 198 - 216. -
IoT monitoring of urban tree ecosystem services: Possibilities and challenges
Forests 11 (2020)7. - ISSN 1999-4907 -
Analysis of high frequency photovoltaic solar energy fluctuations
Solar Energy 206 (2020). - ISSN 0038-092X - p. 381 - 389. -
Plant factories: Reducing energy demand at high internal heat loads through façade design
Applied Energy 262 (2020). - ISSN 0306-2619 -
Increasing market opportunities for renewable energy technologies with innovations in aquifer thermal energy storage
Science of the Total Environment 709 (2020). - ISSN 0048-9697 -
National Consortium Solar Energy in the Landscape (External organisation)
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National Consortium Solar Energy in the Landscape (External organisation)
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Zonneparken: Kansen voor biodiversiteit en andere landschapsfuncties?
Landschap : tijdschrift voor landschapsecologie en milieukunde 36 (2019)4. - ISSN 0169-6300 - p. 235 - 239. -
Optimal control of thermal energy storage for a solar energy driven refrigeration plant to cool a fruit storage facility

Wind energy

Wind energy
The large-scale development of wind farms in the North Sea has far-reaching consequences for both nature and spatial planning, and therefore for all North Sea users. There are still many knowledge gaps for the government, wind energy sector, nature conservation organizations, and the fishing and aquaculture sector.
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research are also developing knowledge and techniques for minimizing effects on nature in onshore wind turbines. This protects foraging areas of vulnerable birds and bats, and prevents economic damage for wind energy suppliers.
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- Feature 'Life at a wind farm', Wageningen World 2017-4
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Combining offshore wind farms, nature conservation and seafood : Lessons from a Dutch community of practice
Marine Policy 126 (2021). - ISSN 0308-597X -
Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply
Nature Climate Change 11 (2021). - ISSN 1758-678X - p. 119 - 125. -
Co-production in the wind energy sector : A systematic literature review of public engagement beyond invited stakeholder participation
Energy Research & Social Science 72 (2021). - ISSN 2214-6296 -
Naar een klimaatneutrale regionale voedselketen : een inventarisatie van de mogelijkheden voor gebiedscoöperatie Oregional in de regio Arnhem - Nijmegen
Wageningen : Wageningen University & Research, Wetenschapswinkel (Rapport / Wageningen University & Research, Wetenschapswinkel 362) - ISBN 9789463956468 - p. -
Offshore wind farm artificial reefs affect ecosystem structure and functioning : A synthesis
Oceanography : the official magazine of the Oceanography Society 33 (2020)4. - ISSN 1042-8275 - p. 48 - 57. -
Setting the context for offshore wind development effects on fish and fisheries
Oceanography : the official magazine of the Oceanography Society 33 (2020)4. - ISSN 1042-8275 - p. 118 - 127. -
Clustering wind profile shapes to estimate airborne wind energy production
Wind Energy Science 5 (2020)3. - ISSN 2366-7443 - p. 1097 - 1120. -
Food safety during seaweed cultivation at offshore wind farms : An exploratory study in the North Sea
Marine Policy 120 (2020). - ISSN 0308-597X -
Mortality limits used in wind energy impact assessment underestimate impacts of wind farms on bird populations
Ecology and Evolution 10 (2020)13. - ISSN 2045-7758 - p. 6274 - 6287. -
Data from: Mortality limits used in wind energy impact assessment underestimate impacts of wind farms on bird populations
: Zenodo
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Offshore oil and gas extraction
Offshore oil and gas extraction: what effect does it have on the nature of coast & sea? And what to do with discarded oil and gas platforms? Wageningen University & Research investigates ecological effects, but also opportunities for new nature around oil and gas platforms at sea.
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Gas platforms enrich nature
Gasplatform verrijkt natuur Het weghalen van oude gasplatforms leidt tot verlies van biodiversiteit, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 6 p. 9-9, 2020-11-27, Roelof Kleis, https://edepot.wur.nl/536100;Gas platforms enrich nature, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 6 p. 9-9, 2020-11-26, https://edepot.wur.nl/536144 -
Ecological implications of removing a concrete gas platform in the North Sea
Journal of Sea Research 166 (2020). - ISSN 1385-1101 -
The governance of marine restoration: insights from three cases in two European seas
Restoration Ecology (2020). - ISSN 1061-2971 -
The ecology of infrastructure decommissioning in the North Sea: what we need to know and how to achieve it
ICES Journal of Marine Science 77 (2020)3. - ISSN 1054-3139 - p. 1109 - 1126. -
Duurzame productie op zee
Yerseke/IJmuiden : Wageningen Marine Research -
Working Group on Marine Benthal Renewable Developments
Copenhagen : International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES Scientific Reports 6) - p. -
Report of the Working Group on Marine Benthal and Renewable Energy Developments (WGMBRED) : 6-9 March 2018, Galway, Ireland
: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES WGMBRED Report 2018/HAPISG:02) - p. -
Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16 (2018)10. - ISSN 1540-9295 - p. 571 - 578. -
Balancing and counterbalancing : the Indonesian state addressing pressures to improve palm oil sector sustainability
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): C.J.A.M. Termeer, co-promotor(en): O. Hospes. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463437738 - p. -
Data challenges and opportunities for environmental management of North Sea oil and gas decommissioning in an era of blue growth
Marine Policy 97 (2018). - ISSN 0308-597X - p. 130 - 138.
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Taking underwater samples on gas platforms

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