Establishing offshore wind

Australian Government, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEW)

POLICY | LEGISLATION

This resource provides several documents and guides regarding WA’s offshore licensing and infrastructure activities for renewable energy projects.

Offshore renewable energy – wind farms fact sheet

WAFIC (Western Australia Fishing Industry Council)

GUIDE | EDUCATION

This fact sheet provides information and educational material related to WA’s offshore energy infrastructure (OEI).

WA Offshore Windfarm Project

EPA (Environmental Protection Authority)

REPORT

This report provides information on the EPAs environmental impact assessment of the WA Offshore Windfarm proposal

An ecological risk assessment for the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in Australia

Reid, G. Barry Baker, Eric J. Woehler

RESEARCH

This ecological risk assessment is based on life-history and behavioural attributes of 273 bird taxa, to identify which of those taxa are at high risk from negative interactions with offshore wind farms in Australia.