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Publications

Argonne authors are listed in bold.

2024

  • L.J. Walston, H.M. Hartmann, L. Fox, J. Macknick, J. McCall, J. Janski, and L. Jenkins. 2024. “If you build it, will they come? Insect community responses to habitat establishment at solar energy facilities in Minnesota, USA” Environmental Research Letters 19 (1): 014053. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0f72.

2023

  • L.J. Walston and J.R. Ennen. 2023. “An Array of Challenges – and Opportunities: How Can We Make Solar More Ecologically Compatible?” The Wildlife Professional Magazine, Volume 17, No. 3. Pp. 32-37. May/June 2023.

2022

  • Macknick, J.; H. Hartmann, G. Barron-Gafford, B. Beatty, R. Burton, C.S. Choi, D. Matthew, R. Davis, J. Figueroa, A. Garrett, et al. 2022. The 5 Cs of Agrivoltaic Success Factors in the United States: Lessons From the InSPIRE Research Study; National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Golden, CO, USA, 2022; NREL/TP-6A20-83566. Available online: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/83566.pdf.
  • Walston, L.J., T. Barley, I. Bhandari, B. Campbell, J. McCall, H.M. Hartmann, and A.G. Dolezal. 2022. “Opportunities for agrivoltaic systems to achieve synergistic food-energy-environmental needs and address sustainability goals”. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 16: 374. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.932018.
  • Heath, G., D. Ravikumar, S. Ovaitt, L. Walston, T. Curtis, D. Millstein, H. Mirletz, H. Hartmann, and J. McCall, 2022, Environmental and Circular Economy Implications of Solar Energy in a Decarbonized U.S. Grid: NREL Technical Report NREL/TP-6A20-80818. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy22osti/80818.pdf

2021

  • Walston, L.J., Y. Li, H.M. Hartmann, J. Macknick, A. Hanson, C. Nootenboom, E. Lonsdorf, and J. Hellmann, 2021, Modeling the Ecosystem Services of Native Vegetation Management Practices at Solar Energy Facilities in the Midwestern United States: Ecosystem Services (47) 10127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101227
  • Hamada, Y., 2021, Avian Solar Interactions: Applying artificial intelligence to understand the impacts of solar energy facilities on bird populations, Argonne Brochure/Pamphlet

2019

  • Hartmann, H.M. and E.M. White, 2019, Compensatory Mitigation and Comprehensive Mitigation Planning for Solar Energy Development, Technical Report ANL/EVS-19/1. https://doi.org/10.2172/1515843

2018

  • Walston, L.J. and H.M. Hartmann, 2018, Development of a landscape integrity model framework to support regional conservation planning, PLoS One 13: e0195115. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195115
  • Walston, L.J., S.K. Mishra, H.M. Hartmann, I. Hlohowskyj, J. McCall, and J. Macknick, 2018, Examining the Potential for Agricultural Benefits from Pollinator Habitat at Solar Facilities in the United States: Environmental Science and Technology (52)7566. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00020

2017

2016

  • Hartmann, H.M., M.A. Grippo, G.A. Heath, J. Macknick, K.P. Smith, R.G. Sullivan, L.J. Walston, and K.L. Wescott, 2016, Understanding Emerging Impacts and Requirements Related to Utility-Scale Solar Development, Technical Report ANL/EVS-16/9. https://doi.org/10.2172/1329640
  • Sullivan, R., J. Abplanalp, E. Zvolanek, and J. Brown, 2016, Visual Resource Analysis for Solar Energy Zones in the San Luis Valley: Argonne Technical Report ANL/EVS-16/6. https://publications.anl.gov/anlpubs/2016/09/129350.pdf
  • Walston, L.J., K.E. Rollins, K.E. LaGory, K.P. Smith, and S.A. Meyers, 2016, A Preliminary Assessment of Avian Mortality at Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities in the United States, Renewable Energy 92: 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.041
  • Walston, L.J., H.M. Hartmann, K.L. Wescott, E.A. Zvolanek, K.E. Rollins, and L.R. Fox, 2016, San Luis Valley – Taos Plateau Level IV Ecoregion Landscape Assessment, Technical Report ANL/EVS-16/5.

2015

  • Grippo, M., J.W. Hayse, and B.L. O’Connor, 2015, Solar Energy Development and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southwestern United States: Potential Impacts, Mitigation, and Research Needs. Environmental Management 55: 244-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0384-x
  • Walston, L.J., K.E. Rollins, K.P. Smith, K.E. LaGory, K. Sinclair, C. Turchi, T. Wendelin, and H. Souder, 2015, A Review of Avian Monitoring and Mitigation Information at Existing Utility-Scale Solar Facilities, Technical Report ANL/EVS-15/2. https://doi.org/10.2172/1176921

2014

  • Hamada, Y., M.A. Grippo, and K.P. Smith, 2014, Long-Term Monitoring of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development and Application of Remote Sensing Technologies: Summary Report, Technical Report ANL/EVS-14/12. https://doi.org/10.2172/1172035

2013

  • Cheng, J.J., Y.S. Chang, H. Hartmann, K. Wescott, and C. Kygeris, 2013, Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites, Technical Report ANL/EVS/R-13/6. https://doi.org/10.2172/1169325
  • Hartmann, H., T. Patton, L. Almer, and K.P. Smith, 2013, An Overview of Potential Environmental, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Impacts and Mitigation Measures for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development, Technical Report ANL/EVS/R-13/5.
  • Horner, R.M. and C.E. Clark, 2013, Characterizing Variability and Reducing Uncertainty in Estimates of Solar Land Use Energy Intensity. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 23: 129-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.014
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The Environmental Science Division (EVS) at Argonne National Laboratory conducts research on environmental systems to understand how system components could change as a result of energy activities, nationally important emerging technologies, and major new federal policies and programs. Our core studies focus on land and renewable resources, surface and subsurface hydrology, coupled ecosystem processes, radiation and chemical risk management, environmental restoration, atmospheric processes and measurement, and climate research. Our work provides the nation with rigorous science and engineering analyses about the present and possible future state of the environment.

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The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). Argonne National Laboratory is Managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. DOE under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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