Submission to DCCEEW on the draft Australian Collision Risk Framework

The Clean Energy Council has provided a submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on the draft Australian Collision Risk Framework for onshore and offshore wind farms (ACRF).

The CEC’s comments focus on ensuring that the ACRF does not result in overly conservative outcomes and is applied proportionately (to avoid unnecessarily costly and complex assessments for low-risk sites). In addition, further work is required to ensure that proponents are clear on how the ACRF is integrated into the EPBC Act approval process and that attempts to standardise assessments do not override site-specific nuance.