HURIWAKA WINDFARM
The project
Huriwaka wind farm is a proposed fast track wind farm located on the Hihitahi Plateau, between Taihape and Waiouru. The site has an excellent wind resource, and the project team is working on a design that includes up to 60 wind turbines across 56 square kilometres of rural land. This project would generate enough electricity to power up to 150,000 average kiwi homes.
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The work
We were subcontracted by Davidson-Watts Ecology to assist with landscape scale radio-tracking surveys of long tailed bats for the ecological impact assessment for the fast track consents process.
Working with staff from Boffa Miskell, Davidson-Watts Ecology and local Iwi, we undertook full advanced radio-tracking surveys to assess night time habitat use, flight paths and roost locations of bats caught within the wind farm site.
We also provided information around opportunities and constraints for potential offsetting and compensation measures.
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