BIODIVERSITY, DIVERSITY AND NATURAL ADDED VALUE
We prioritize local nature interests and actions that promote biodiversity
At UNISON, we make sure to adapt each project to the surrounding nature. With our initiatives and biodiversity promotion measures, we want our renewable energy plants to create the best conditions in and around the project area for flora and fauna to unfold in a new way.
A renewable energy plant takes up a large area. This allows us to produce large amounts of renewable energy. At the same time, we can convert monoculturally cultivated farmland into an area with a new natural balance. This helps promote local biodiversity as it creates a breeding ground for more animal and plant species.
You can read more about our various biodiversity initiatives by downloading our brochure:
Why is biodiversity important?
Humans as a species need to live in a world that is part of a biologically diverse ecosystem. Biodiversity is essential in creating the diversity that provides our planet with vital air, water, and food. Sustainable biodiversity is the very basis of life for us humans to exist on earth.
We work to secure and organize our renewable energy installations in a way that promotes local nature interests and biodiversity.
Biological diversity
We plant hedgerows consisting of shrubs, trees, flowers, and berries to ensure the greatest possible biological diversity.
At UNISON, we plant insect-friendly trees, flowers, herbs, shrubs, and native fruit and berry bushes. The purpose of this is for the insects to pollinate and feed on the plants in the summer, while the local people can harvest berries and fruits in the autumn.
Insect hotels and beehives
We place insect hotels and beehives around the project area to benefit the surrounding nature and local ecosystem.
In UNISON we have the opportunity to set up insect hotels along the windbreak and work with local beekeepers who can establish bee boxes in the area. This is intended to provide more habitats for important pollinators such as bees and butterflies, supporting local ecosystems in and around the project area itself.
Grazing with sheep
We let sheep graze the areas between the solar panels, which increases the area's CO2 uptake and acts as a natural landscaping as it keeps the vegetation down without the need for machinery or chemical herbicides.
At UNISON, we are in dialog with local sheep farmers who want to let their sheep graze the areas under and between the solar panels. In addition to the actual care of the area in the renewable energy plant, there are several positive spin-off effects of letting sheep graze the area. Grazing sheep can help sequester carbon in grasslands, meadows and similar areas. In this way, you can significantly increase an area's uptake of CO2.
