Italy, Veneto Region

The lens of ecosystem services can support sustainable energy assessments. To ensure the sustainability of renewable energy production on a regional scale, this chapter proposes a spatial analysis of the integration of renewable energy with other ecosystem services in order to identify trade-offs. The work focuses on solar farms and agricultural biomass from leftovers and considers five other ecosystem services that are fundamental to agricultural landscapes. The methodology was tested on a case study. The case study is the Veneto Region, whose renewable energy policy constraints are also analyzed. Finally, the study paves the way for further investigation in the field of ES-RES to effectively support policy design