Abstract
Nowadays, renewable energy is regarded as a clean and different kind of energy. This study attempts to demonstrate how renewable energy sources, such as solar photovoltaic (PV), wind farms, and hydropower generation, impact the biological diversity of terrestrial and aquatic animal habitats. In 55% of previous research on wind farm turbines, bird death rates range from 0.0 to 2.0 fatalities/turbine/year, whereas raptor mortality rates range from 0.0 to 0.1 fatalities/turbine/year in 79.4% of the studies. This is contingent upon the location and method of turbine installation. The most often mentioned threats were migratory birds (migrant goose, crane, lapwing, golden plover), water birds (geese species), grassland birds (common quail, corn crake, lapwing, ringed plover), and raptors (common buzzard, common kestrel, and red kite). Bat mortality rates range from 0.0 to 47.5 fatalities per turbine per year at different wind farms. The study also looks at the deleterious impacts of hydroelectric reservoirs on biodiversity, including freshwater turtles and aquatic and terrestrial species, as well as the negative effects of PV installations on ecosystems and wildlife. However, the loss of habitats and the regular migration paths of the wildlife animals were indicative of these consequences.