BiodIvErSe -Accelerating innovative photovoltaics via biodiversity-sensitive assessment

Sustainable spatial development can only be implemented if the interests of climate protection and biodiversity are taken into account equally. Particularly in the accelerated expansion of the energy transition, effective legal instruments and methods must be further aligned that provide substantive law execution on the nexus of accelerated energy transition and biodiversity protection, providing planning authorities a legal security basis for assessment-based decisions to be made.The BiodIvErSe project supports the relevant authorities on multiple land use PV planning as defined by the EU Solar Strategy as on recultivation areas (e.g. peatlands), water bodies (e.g. offshore, artificial water bodies as drinking water reservoirs, artificial and natural lakes), agricultural land and biodiversity-sensitive areas. A transferable methodology for spatial assessment and region-specific procedural guidelines will be developed to enable efficient decision-making processes.