Mimihau / SOUTHLAND
WINDFARM
The project
Southland Wind Farm is proposed to consist of up to 55 wind turbines, each up to approximately 7 MW in capacity with a tip height of 220 m. The wind farm is expected to generate approximately 1,200 GWh per year, enough power to supply 150,000 households and providing a significant contribution to the energy supply in Southland.
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The work
We were subcontracted by Davidson-Watts Ecology to assist with landscape scale acoustic surveys and radio-tracking surveys of long tailed bats for the ecological impact assessment for the fast track consents process.
We assisted in carrying out acoustic surveying multiple times throughout the year to assess temporal differences in localised habitat use across the proposed wind farm site and to feed into capture and tracking of bats at the site.
We then undertook full advanced radio-tracking surveys to assess night time habitat use, flight paths and origin 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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