Solar power station in the corridor

Does photovoltaic site selection affect the value of ecological corridors?

Table A3 (see Appendix) shows that 61.00% of the potential ecological corridor LCD value increases by no more than 25% after being affected by photovoltaic site selection, and the LCD value growth rate for 32.38% of the corridors is between 25% and 35%.

Could solar corridors be the smart roads of the future?

Solar corridors could provide the so-called smart roads of the future by integrating weight sensors into strips and panels to prevent road hazards. When a person, object or animal crosses the road, sensors placed on the boards are activated by illuminating that part of the road and thus reduce the risk of accidents.

How do corridors affect a PV project?

Corridors have significant changes in patency, length, and connection strength after PV projects construction. Large-scale PV projects should be avoided in ecologically sensitive areas to minimize the impact on the ecosystem.

Does wind power project location affect ecological corridors?

The wind power project not only significantly increased the resistance to the formation of ecological corridors at the landscape level, but also had an apparent cutting effect on the landscape ( Ravikumar and Sinha, 2017 ). However, the research on the relationship between PV project location and ecological corridors is still blank.

How many PV projects have shortened a corridor?

It can be seen that the PV projects have, on average, shortened most of the corridor length by about 1.33 km. Only four of them increased in length, and all of them increased by less than 5%. The remaining 35 corridors were reduced in length by various levels.