Analyzing and comparing landscape information in municipalities with wind power establishment in northern and southern Sweden
By 2040, Sweden should have an electricity production that fully is based on renewable energy. To access this aim, renewable electricity production needs to be extended (i.e., an increase between 80 and 120 TWh of new renewable production by the year 2045).
An expansion of wind power presupposes ecological, socio-cultural and economic positions and trade-offs. Within the Vindval-funded project “Land-use synergy, integration or conflict in sustainable land-based wind power”, we quantitatively analyze the conditions for large-scale wind power development with existing the national interests (NI, riksintressen) as a point of departure to spatially define possible conflict risks and opportunities for integration and synergy gains with other NIs and other dominant land use.
Using case studies to study the environmental conditions present in municipalities with wind power establishment (i.e. Åsele, Gällivare, Falkenberg, Uppvidinge), we are looking for students who are interested in analyzing and comparing the spatial occurrence of different habitat types, land owner categories, national interests, and protected areas in two municipalities (one in northern and one in southern Sweden).
The students will use existing spatial layers (both shapefiles and rasters). To carry out the spatial analyses required, we are seeking motivated students have good knowledge in Geographical Information System (either ArcMap, QGIS or R).
Supervisors: Wiebke Neumann, Johan Svensson
Contact
Wiebke Neumann
Researcher Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies
wiebke.neumann@slu.se, +46907868117, +46706349051
