Renewable energy projects cover large footprints with long access tracks, cable trenches and connections to the grid. They also tend to sit in country with koala habitat, cultural heritage and weed pressure from neighbouring properties.
Access tracks and turbine pads
Fauna Spotters clears ahead of construction along tracks, hardstands and turbine pads, with koala spotters where habitat is mapped. Heritage Spotters monitors the ground as it is stripped and responds to unexpected finds.
Cable trenches and substations
Open trenches trap wildlife overnight, so Fauna Spotters runs morning trench checks and rescues. Service Spotters provides underground service and powerline spotters where new works meet existing networks and live lines.
Hygiene across a large footprint
Turbine components, cranes and civil plant arrive from all over the country. Biosecurity Spotters inspects them on arrival, supervises washdowns between zones and maps weeds along the footprint so the project does not spread them to neighbouring land.