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THE TWIN IMPERATIVES – STABILISING CLIMATE AND PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY 15 developed without negative impacts, provided the right policy frameworks are in place and deployment proceeds sensitively. 3 High risk technologies: those presenting unacceptable risks in most instances with currently available technologies, such as new large hydropower dams and liquid biofuels. (iii) Scientific literature review of biodiversity impacts and mitigation responses. BirdLife makes constant use of scientific evidence to inform its work. BirdLife scientists involved in the project undertook a detailed, new literature review to assess known and potential sources of risk, and to identify proven means to avoid or reduce these. BOX 3 Chapter Two focuses on “medium risk” technologies, which include wind, solar, wave, tidal and biomass for heat and power. It presents a detailed review of the scientific evidence on impacts, mitigation and enhancement measures for these technologies, and for associated power line development. (iv) Analysis of current EU renewable energy plans. The project team also undertook a quantitative analysis of EU Member States’ National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPS). This focuses on the additional renewables entering Europe’s energy mix to 2020, by technology and location. In many countries renewables industries have already become established, and BirdLife Partners have developed an understanding of the kinds of technologies involved and how they are being deployed on the ground. From a conservation perspective, what is now needed is an impression of the scale and distribution of Europe’s renewables ambitions to 2020. Therefore the data extracted from the NREAPs and presented here is on the energy contributions the various technologies and nations will make in 2020 compared to a 2005 baseline. BOX 4 Chapter Three explains the contribution each technology and conservation risk group is expected to make to increased renewable energy consumption by 2020, and the extent to which each Member State intends to make use of energy from each source (according to their NREAP). (v) Policy analysis and development of recommendations. Project Partners then completed a survey questionnaire on the adequacy of their national policy frameworks for the promotion of renewables in harmony with nature. The survey results were then used in a second series of telephone interviews, in which Partners suggested policy recommendations relevant to their country and the EU. BOX 5 Chapter Four sets out BirdLife Europe’s conclusions on how policy frameworks can enable renewables development in harmony with nature. It considers how sustained growth in renewables output can be achieved with minimal ecological impacts, through measures such as strategic spatial planning, mapping ecological sensitivities, use of environmental assessments and project-level mitigation. BOX 6 Chapter Five evaluates how well national frameworks contribute to these goals, and identifies some areas of common strengths or weaknesses across Partners’ countries. In some areas, such as environmental protection, the European Commission has a major role to play, and some policy recommendations for Europe are presented. In addition, policy recommendations for each Partner country are suggested.
16 RUNNING HEAD LOREM ISPSUM DOLOR CHAPTER 2 RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY
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