NESP MaC Project 3.3 - Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia

Research Project

Researchers: Alex Rattray (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Ierodoconou, Daniel (Principal investigator) ,  McLean, Diane (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  McLean, Dianne (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Emma Flukes (Point of contact)
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Brief description This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Research Plan 2023 project "Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. -------------------- Australia is entering a phase of rapid development of offshore renewable energy (ORE) projects and there is an immediate need to ensure these developments occur in a socio-ecologically sustainable manner. This project will identify existing environmental and cultural data and best-practice monitoring standards to inform the sustainable development of ORE projects (primarily wind) in Australia and enabling regulatory decisions to be compliant with Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act and the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (OEI) Act requirements. This project plans to run in conjunction with a second project that focusses on the immediate priorities of regulators, with a focus on the confirmed area of declaration for ORE off the east Gippsland coast, Victoria. Critical to informing the direction and focus of these projects is guidance from an ORE Program Steering Committee, that will comprise representatives from relevant sections within DCCEEW, NOPSEMA, and MaC Hub partners involved in this project. Outputs • Inventory of existing information and associated sources for the following thematic areas: seabed geomorphology and habitat, oceanography, species and habitats, affected indigenous communities, ongoing monitoring needs and associated best practices, potential impacts of installation and operation [data inventory] • Final project report [written]

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Dianne McLean (AIMS), Daniel Ierodonocou (Deakin Uni)

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National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub

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

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In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.

Notes Purpose
To identify best-practice monitoring standards for sustainable development of offshore renewable energy projects.

Data time period: 2023-02-01 to 2024-03-31

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