Biodiversity projects

Over the next 20 years, all Swedish hydropower production will be environmentally tested.

Nature-inclusive offshore wind design adds features to support native species.

To ensure that the fish passage works efficiently, we initiated a project to test how AI can be used.

Sand-living solitary bees are fascinating creatures that play a crucial role in our ecosystems.

Ray wind farm encompasses diverse upland habitats, including coniferous woodland, blanket bog, wet and dry heath, acid grassland, and waterways. 

At our solar farms, we are enabling multi-functional land use by combining fossil-free ambitions with broader sustainability objectives.

At two sites in the UK, Vattenfall has been converting land previously under commercial conifer plantations into open peatland habitats. 

Assessing nature-based solutions for offshore wind impacts requires a broad view.

Vattenfall’s regular clearing of power line corridors is crucial for reliable power transmission.

At the Bruzaholm wind farm in Sweden, a new approach for balancing wind power and capercaillie conservation was developed.

SKB’s Forsmark repository will fill a pond that shelters endangered pool frogs.

The industrial area at the nuclear power plant in Forsmark includes diverse habitats.

The river Juktån served as a timber transport route in the early 20th century.

Hydropower plants create barriers in rivers, limiting the ability of migrating fish species to travel.

Since 1994, the Vattenfall Umweltstiftung has supported over 220 environmental projects in Germany.

The lesser white-fronted goose has declined since the 1940s, making it one of Sweden’s most threatened birds.

The EOWDC study shows current tech can’t effectively track seabird 3D flight near wind turbines.

Increasing turbine visibility to birds is one strategy to reduce collision risks.

At Kriegers Flak, researchers test combining offshore wind with sustainable food production.

Biomass is a crucial energy source and a key component in the effort to phase out fossil fuels.

Tracking bats across the sea between Denmark, Sweden, and Germany is key to assessing offshore wind farm impacts.

At Vattenfall, we aim to integrate our office premises with natural habitats.

Our Heat operations near cities can support urban ecology through surrounding land use.

Knowing where seabirds go outside breeding season is key to assessing offshore wind impacts.

Biodiversity gets less attention than climate change, but healthy ecosystems and rich wildlife are vital.

The properties around Vattenfall’s hydropower plants hold high biodiversity values.

Flight behaviour has been studied in the EOWDC research programme.

At large hydropower plants, guiding fish is complex and conventional intake racks are often too costly or impractical.

Windplanblauw is a wind energy project located in the province of Flevoland in central Netherlands. 

Offshore wind foundations create habitats that support benthic species such as blue mussels, anemones, and the reef-building worm Sabellaria alveolata. 

There is critical knowledge gap concerning the potential impact of electromagnetic fields (EMF).

Biotope restoration and species protection play a vital role in adapting hydropower to the environment. 

Because eagles are long-lived and reproduce slowly, their populations are more vulnerable to fatalities compared to other bird species. 

Swedish hydropower operators must breed and stock fish to offset habitat loss from regulation.

Vattenfall’s Princess Ariane wind farm (Wieringermeer) is located in an agricultural region in the Netherlands. 

Ringhals uses seawater from two intake channels to cool its nuclear plant.

When Vattenfall sells ‘Good Environmental Choice’ electricity, it funds aquatic biodiversity efforts.

Measuring biodiversity with a single indicator is a challenge since biodiversity is complex.

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is upgrading the regional network in Stockholm County.

Above the Geesthacht fish ladder, the Elbe acts as the lower basin for the pumped storage plant.

Pollinator decline, like wild bees, threatens biodiversity, but many substations can help support them.

Biodiversity is not only a topic related to our own operations.