Solar Photo Competition - SolarPower Europe

TCO Solar © Wolfgang Rosenberg

Palazzo Pignano, Italy: In the middle of the intensively cultivated plain of the river Po a PV plant may represent a valuable refuge for many species.

TCO Solar © Wolfgang Rosenberg

Tombeboeuf, France: Botanical investigations have shown that the Tombeboeuf PV plant is one of the habitats richest in species of the area.

Swans @ Zonnepark Vlagtwedde, Netherlands.

Dew on grass @ Zonnepark Budel, Netherlands.

Coots nest @ Zonnepark Houten, Netherlands.

Flora and fauna flourishing at BayWa r.e.'s 175 MWp solar park Don Rodrigo in Spain.

Sheep grazing peacefully in BayWa r.e.’s 8.8 MWp solar park Barth V in northern Germany.

Idyllically integrated into the landscape is BayWa r.e.'s 7.3 MWp solar park Spitalhöfe in southern Germany, which is combined with a battery system

Solar plant Talayuela Solar in Cáceres, Spain an opportunity for biodiversity. Flowers bloom above even the panels and insects feed on nectar and pollen and partly collect floral resources to feed their larvae.

More than 400 sheep owned by Andrés Gallardo, a local farmer, are already grazing inside the plant, so that they act as natural weeding in the facility, avoiding the use of machinery and chemical products. At the same time, the animals benefit from natural, good quality pasture and feed.

In Cadiz Solar plant, the "Garcilla Bueyera" no longer only relies on livestock, but also on the panels while watching over the photovoltaic plants.

In Réunion creole, 'Bardzour' means breaking dawn. With total power of 9MWp, the project incorporates 8.4MWp of ground-based panels located in the no-man’s-land of the Detention Center in the village of Port, and 0.6MWp installed on 6,000m₂ of Agrinergie® greenhouses.

Protected from the vagaries of the weather, organic apricot trees are grown by a local farmer in the Agrinergie® greenhouses, in Château, France, and produce very high yields when compared to the habitual losses from this type of agriculture (up to 50% of the crop can be lost to bad weather each year).

Les Cèdres solar farm includes an Aquanergie solar farm, consisting of photovoltaic sun screens above 12 fish rearing pools, with capacity of 1.5MWp. The operator of this site is Max Dyckerhoff, a pioneer in fish farming on the island, who for more than 25 years has supplied the local market.

a female pheasant and her chick take a wander through South Creake in the UK, looking for a snack to eat.

A quick stop for our friendly Hare at our Wilburton site in the UK, as bees buzz about gathering nectar.

A pair of Hares rummage around our Vendimia site, attracted by our grass and legume planting initiatives in Aragon, Spain.

Oranienburg – Brandenburg, Germany: 3,8 MW – this is a plant where we had already two events, two years in a row (2021 + 2022) where we invited partners, municipalities, organisations, politicians to show them biodiversity in solar parks

Felde – Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: 10 MW

Oranienburg – Brandenburg, Germany: 3,8 MW – this is a plant where we had already two events, two years in a row (2021 + 2022) where we invited partners, municipalities, organisations, politicians to show them biodiversity in solar parks

Southill Solar Farm sun rise, UK. Dew on the wild grasses catches the light as the sun rises on a crisp morning at the solar farm.

Southill Solar Farm field of red, UK. A field of poppies carpets the ground beneath the solar farm.

Chittering Solar Farm wild grasses, UK. Solar panels in harmony with the surrounding wild grasses and farmland.

The importance of a flap of wings - Tarucus balkanicus butterfly.

Pink and blue bows for steppe birds.

An oasis of wild chamomile for pollinator friends.