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Climate, nature and energy
In 2030, 70% of Dutch energy must be renewable, as agreed in the Climate Agreement. That is why investments in wind and solar energy on land and at sea are substantial. Wageningen University & Research is investigating the opportunities for integrating wind turbines and solar panels into the landscape in a nature-friendly manner. We are also looking at the impact of (the extraction of) both renewable and fossil fuels on the ecosystem and how ecological effects can be mitigated.
Solar energy
To achieve the objectives of the Climate Agreement, the Dutch government is investing heavily in solar energy, among other things. This is reflected in a large increase in solar parks, in particular on agricultural land, often aimed at maximising energy yield. To do this in a sustainable and nature-inclusive way, Wageningen University & Research has developed the Solar Research Programme.
Wind energy
The large-scale development of offshore wind farms in the North Sea has far-reaching consequences for both nature and spatial planning, and therefore for all North Sea users. There are still many knowledge gaps for the government, wind energy sector, nature conservation organisations and the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research are also developing knowledge and techniques for minimising effects on nature in onshore wind turbines. This protects foraging areas of vulnerable birds and bats, and prevents economic damage for wind energy suppliers.
Offshore oil and gas
Offshore oil and gas extraction: what effect does it have on the nature of coast & sea? And what to do with discarded oil and gas platforms? Wageningen University & Research investigates ecological effects, but also opportunities for new nature around oil and gas platforms at sea.
News
Projects
Publications
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The ‘Carrot Test’ : An approach to characterize individual differences in oral processing behaviour and eating rate
Food Quality and Preference (2025), Volume: 122 - ISSN 0950-3293 -
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial community dynamics in biofloc systems supplemented with non-starch polysaccharides
Aquaculture (2025), Volume: 594 - ISSN 0044-8486 -
Microtube self-assembly leads to conformational freezing point depression
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025), Volume: 677 - ISSN 0021-9797 - p. 781-789. -
Durability assessment of lignin-based asphalt for sustainable road construction
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Carbon and greenhouse gas budgets of Europe: trends, interannual and spatial variability, and their drivers
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Het treinstation van Godegård
Geografie (2024), Volume: 33, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0926-3837 - p. 21-24. -
Mapping the development of agroecology in Europe - Volume 2
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Geographic Location Encoding with Spherical Harmonics and Sinusoidal Representation Networks
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A spatially explicit model of beaver river-floodplains: understanding drivers and mapping opportunities for restoration
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Food systems resilience dialogue and pathway development : Jonglei State and Greater Pibor Administrative Area - South Sudan
Wageningen: Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (Report / Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation WCDI-24-323)