October 1, 2023
Australia, Economics, Environment, Noise, Wildlife

Key environmental factors for offshore windfarm environmental impact assessment

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, AustraliaDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia

  1. Underwater noise – Mortality, injury and behavioural effects
  2. Turbine interactions – Injury and mortality to birds and bats
  3. Electromagnetic fields
  4. Seabed disturbance – Loss of/harm to benthic habitats
  5. Disturbance of underwater cultural heritage
  6. Physical presence – Effects on hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes
  7. Physical presence – Barrier effects and displacement of marine fauna
  8. Light emissions
  9. Vessel interactions – Injury and mortality to marine fauna
  10. Invasive marine species
  11. Physical presence – Socioeconomic: interference/displacement of existing uses
  12. Physical presence – Socioeconomic: seascapes and visual amenity
  13. Multiple impact pathways – Australian marine parks and their values
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Impact pathways. DCCEEW, July 2023

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