Renewable Content / Renewable Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Siting Solar, Sparing Prime Agricultural Lands /news/sparing-lands-while-siting-solar <p>Unconventional spaces could be put to use generating renewable energy while sparing lands that could be better used to grow food, sequester carbon and protect wildlife and watersheds, says a study led by the University of California, Davis. Such lands in California's Central Valley could more than meet the state's energy demands for 2025.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> December 19, 2017 - 12:33pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/sparing-lands-while-siting-solar 5 Critical Concepts for Sustainable Solar Energy /news/5-critical-concepts-sustainable-solar-energy <p>To both advance solar energy and conservation goals over fossil-fuel use, a study led by University of California, Davis, ecologists helps clarify the benefits, trade-offs and interactions&nbsp;between renewable energy systems and the environment.</p> September 01, 2017 - 11:45am Katherine E Kerlin /news/5-critical-concepts-sustainable-solar-energy Desert Tortoises Can’t Take the Heat of Roadside Fencing /news/desert-tortoises-can%E2%80%99t-take-heat-roadside-fencing <p>Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help them, according to a <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717301325">study published in the journal <em>Biological Conservation</em></a> by the University of California, Davis, and the University of Georgia<em>. </em></p> August 04, 2017 - 5:18pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/desert-tortoises-can%E2%80%99t-take-heat-roadside-fencing Wind Turbines Affect Behavior of Desert Tortoise Predators /news/wind-turbines-affect-behavior-desert-tortoise-predators <p>How a wind energy facility is designed can influence the behavior of animal predators and their prey, according to <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/jwmg.21262/abstract">a recent study published in <em>The Journal of Wildlife Management</em></a> by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Geological Survey.</p> May 03, 2017 - 3:19pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/wind-turbines-affect-behavior-desert-tortoise-predators