Australia Releases EPBC Act Guidance for Offshore Wind Energy Projects
The DCCEEW has introduced the EPBC Act Key Factors Guidance to aid offshore energy developers in Australia by outlining critical environmental considerations for marine projects. The guidance emphasizes the need to avoid adverse impacts, with mitigation and offsetting as secondary strategies. Key factors include underwater noise, turbine interactions, seabed disturbance, and socioeconomic impacts. The guidance also stresses managing cumulative impacts of nearby offshore renewable projects, encouraging proponents to consider the effects of multiple developments in declared areas.
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The DCCEEW has released the EPBC Act Key Factors Guidance to assist offshore energy proponents in Australia with environmental considerations for marine projects. It emphasizes avoiding adverse impacts first, with mitigation and offsetting as secondary options.
Key factors identified include underwater noise, turbine interactions affecting birds and bats, seabed disturbance, and socioeconomic impacts. The guidance highlights the need to manage cumulative impacts from multiple offshore wind farms in close proximity, urging proponents to consider their project's effects alongside others in the declared area.
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