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Mount Fyans Wind Energy Facility Planning Panel Report
Author: Planning Panels Victoria
The Mount Fyans Wind Energy Facility (the Project) involves the construction and operation of a 400-megawatt, 81 turbine wind energy facility with associated infrastructure. The Project extends over 10,686 hectares on land used predominantly for grazing and cropping. The Project is located approximately 5 kilometres north of Mortlake within the Moyne Shire in south- west Victoria. The Applicant for the Project is Mount Fyans Wind Farm Pty Ltd which operates three wind energy facilities in Tasmania. Planning permit application PA1800406, . . .
More »Threat of mining to African great apes
Author: Arandjelovic, Mimi; Barrie, Abdulai; Campbell, Geneviève; et al.
Abstract: The rapid growth of clean energy technologies is driving a rising demand for critical minerals. In 2022 at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), seven major economies formed an alliance to enhance the sustainability of mining these essential decarbonization minerals. However, there is a scarcity of studies assessing the threat of mining to global biodiversity. By integrating a global mining dataset with great ape density distribution, we estimated the number of African . . .
More »Pile Driving Noise Survey
Author: Rand, Robert
Recent whale and dolphin fatalities on the Eastern seaboard, coupled with concerns about the acoustic impact of offshore wind farm construction, prompted an independent investigation to measure and assess underwater noise emissions from pile driving activities. Specifically, this assessment focused on the operations of the pile driving vessel Orion within the Vineyard Wind project area, with recordings taken in the waters southeast of Nantucket Island. Key Findings: Pile driving noise, even with advanced noise-mitigation techniques, rivals the loudness and frequency . . .
More »Sonar Vessel Noise Survey
Author: Rand, Robert
Reports of recent whale and dolphin deaths on and near the New York and New Jersey shores, and public concerns of marine noise impacts from offshore wind development activities, prompted an investigation into the sonar noise levels produced by exploratory survey vessels working in ocean areas leased by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This technical report presents the methodology, analysis and results of a brief independent investigation of underwater noise levels from a sonar survey vessel, conducted offshore . . .
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