Animal instincts: Increasingly, renewables developers take wildlife into account

From pronghorns to cod to coral, a growth in habitat protection

ReCoral by Ørsted is a project to take coral larvae by boat to four wind turbine foundations off the coast of Taiwan. The company says if it’s successful in getting the coral larvae to settle and grow, it could mean more coral restoration and regeneration. 

(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today an…