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Effects of Marine Renewables and other marine uses on Biodiversity – Atlantic Area 20 th November 2012, Lisbon, Hotel Lisboa Plaza Dr. Ivan Scrase. The RSPB / BirdLife Europe
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Effects of Marine Renewables and other marine uses on Biodiversity – Atlantic Area
20th November 2012, Lisbon, Hotel Lisboa Plaza
Dr. Ivan Scrase.
The RSPB / BirdLife Europe
Principles
• Low carbon technologies
• Avoid harm to birds and biodiversity
• Protect Europe’s most important sites for wildlife
High risk technologies
• Liquid biofuels
• Tidal range power
• New large hydro
Low risk technologies
• Energy savings measures
• Electric vehicles
• Heat pumps
• Rooftop solar thermal and PV
Medium risk technologies
• Solar PV arrays and CSP
• Wind power
• Tidal stream
• Wave
• Biomass for heat and power
• [Power lines]
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EU-27 additional renewables - 2005-2020
Solar thermal
Heat pumps
Electric vehicles from renewables
Onshore wind
Offshore wind
Solar photovoltaic
Concentrated solar power
Biomass for electricity
Biomass for heating
Geothermal for electricity
Geothermal for heating
Tidal, wave & ocean energy
Hydro
Liquid biofuels
“On the ground” (and on rooftops, at sea, in estuaries…)
• 19.4 million solar PV homes (4 kW)
• 170 concentrated solar power plants (50 MW)
• 59,000 onshore wind turbines (2 MW)
• 6,600 offshore turbines (8 MW)
• 5,100 tidal or wave turbines (1 MW)
• 194m tonnes of wood for electricity (odt)
• 88m tonnes of wood for heat (odt)
Commitment to renewables
• Post-2020 plans
• Binding targets
• R&D funds
• Grid development
Commitment to biodiversity
• Assess ecological sustainability of post-2020 plans
• Minimise capacity and infrastructure requirements
• Complete and protect the Natura 2000 network
• Guidance for member states and developers
Positive planning
• Early involvement of stakeholders, openness, transparency, incentives
• Promote sensitivity mapping and spatial planning
• Improve capacity and awareness in member states
• Robust, independent environmental assessments
• Promote low risk technologies and respect environmental limits
Dr Ivan Scrase The RSPB (BirdLife UK) [email protected] http://europe.birdlife.org www.rspb.org.uk/climate
