Renewable Energy
Overview
At inGauge, we can help energy companies navigate the complexities of developing sustainable energy infrastructure. From selecting optimal sites for solar farms, wind turbines, and battery storage facilities to managing whole-of-life engineering project requirements, our team ensures that every step aligns with environmental regulations and sustainability goals.
We specialise in ecological assessments, biodiversity impact mitigation, and stakeholder engagement, using GIS mapping and remote sensing to optimise site layouts. From project initiation to compliance management and monitoring, our track record of securing approvals in the most challenging environments, speaks for itself.
Project Management
Site selection and planning
We assist in identify optimal locations for solar farms, wind turbines, and associated infrastructure by balancing environmental sensitivities, engineering constraints, and landholder or community needs.
Lifecycle project support and phasing
We can support renewable energy projects with comprehensive project scheduling from stakeholder engagement to rehabilitation, ensuring seamless execution and compliance across all phases from initial planning and stakeholder engagement through environmental approvals, construction, operations, and decommissioning.
Auditing and oversight
We can undertake audits to ensure renewable energy projects meet permit conditions and advise on adjustments to management practices to ensure alignment with evolving regulatory and legislative standards. Our on-site supervisory capability is equipped to oversee compliance with engineering, environmental and safety standards during construction and operations.
Approvals
Regulatory compliance and liaison
We can help renewable energy providers navigate renewable energy-specific regulations to secure environmental permits, ensure compliance with state and federal requirements, and maintain proactive communication with government agencies and regulators.
Stakeholder engagement
Our experienced team of community engagement professionals can facilitate discussions with local communities, Traditional Owners, and regulators to address concerns and gain support for renewable energy developments.
Approval documentation
We bring vast experience of preparing and securing approval for complex Environmental Management Plans (EMPs), ecological impact assessments, ensuring alignment with regulatory and sustainability goals.
Ecological Services
Baseline and impact assessments
We conduct pre-construction surveys to understand existing environmental conditions, evaluate potential impacts on species and habitats, and ensure compliance with EPBC Act thresholds and biodiversity offset requirements.
Mitigation and monitoring
We develop and implement plans to protect threatened species, minimise biodiversity loss, and monitor long-term ecological impacts during operations. This includes Ecological Constraints Assessments, Baseline ecological assessments, ecological impact assessments, significant impact assessments and threatened species assessment and management planning.
Fauna and flora surveys
Our GIS team can gather insights to guide turbine placement, solar array design, and access road routing based on detailed threatened species and impact assessments of local wildlife and vegetation.
GIS and Remote Sensing
Spatial analysis and mapping
We can leverage GIS tools to support informed decision making including creating clear, data driven maps to assess environmental constraints, model wind or solar potential, and identify optimal locations for renewable energy infrastructure.
Remote sensing
We incorporate drone imagery and field data into GIS maps to monitor land-use changes, vegetation health, and environmental impacts, allowing pro-active adjustments to minimise development risk and improve compliance.
Data management and monitoring
We organise and maintain geospatial assets to optimise project delivery, and combine data assets to provide real time insights into project footprints and facilitate adaptive management.
Environmental Risk Assessment
Risk assessments
We can work with renewable energy providers to identify potential environmental hazards, such as impacts on migratory birds near wind farms or soil erosion around solar arrays, and design mitigation strategies.
Emergency and spill response
Our vast capability in Health, Safety and Environmental management plans enables us to create customised plans to handle a range of incidents including hazardous material spills or bushfires near renewable energy sites.
Resource usage and efficiency
Our team develop greenhouse gas abatement plans, tracking emissions to ensure alignment with net zero targets. We also provide operational logistics expertise, including camp, personnel, traffic and resource usage management programs to ensure ensuring alignment with net-zero targets.
Ready to power your renewable project with confidence?
Contact us today to work with an expert to take your project from construction to approval and beyond.
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