Ørsted debuts biodiversity measurement tool for renewables projects

Michael Holder
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Credit: Orsted

Danish energy giant seeks wider industry feedback on efforts to develop new global standard for assessing habitats and wildlife impacts of infrastructure projects

Ørsted has today unveiled an open framework for "holistically measuring" and reporting the impact on biodiversity of renewable energy projects, as part of the Danish firm's push to achieve a net-positive...

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