Post Date: 25 March 2013
The RSPB has announced a partnership with Ecotricity to
help it install renewable energy in ways that will not harm wildlife. The RSPB,
along with other conservation groups, has often been critical of wind farms.
The two organisations say their new partnership will also
deepen the link between green energy and nature in other ways, in a mutually
supportive manner. The RSPB will use its expertise to help Ecotricity create
energy and nature projects that will integrate wildlife habitats into wind,
wave, solar, and green gas generation projects.
Ecotricity, in turn, will help the RSPB to realise its
ambitious plans for green energy, to improve energy efficiency and by
installing electric vehicle charging points at wildlife reserve visitor
centres.
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince said: “Protecting wildlife
and creating habitats is not just close to our hearts, it is central to what we
do. We’re already making green energy to cut the carbon emissions that cause
climate change, which in turn impacts habitats and wildlife.
"This partnership takes that one step further, making
closer links between nature and green energy."
He described the arrangement as "a long-term
strategic partnership that will not only protect wildlife, but develop new
habitat creation, and make the RSPB a more integral part of the process of our
green energy projects.”
Harry Huyton, RSPB head of energy and climate, said:
"Switching to a low carbon economy is one of the defining challenges of
our generation. Failure would mean devastation for the world's wildlife, but
equally we must ensure that when we develop renewable energy projects we do our
best to ensure they do not harm wild species in our countryside."
He said the two organisations had a "common mission,
of a renewables revolution in harmony with nature".
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