In 2002, Auswind, with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage, developed best practice guidelines for wind farm developments in Australia. These Guidelines document best practice processes from site selection, preparation for development application, through to construction, operation and decommissioning at the end of the development's life.

A review of the Guidelines was undertaken in the second half of 2006 to ensure that they continued to reflect best practice (by benchmarking them against international and national standards), and could support the Clean Energy Council Accreditation Scheme which is currently under development.

Click here to view and/or print the Guidelines. (4.26 MB pdf)

Click here to view and/or print a copy of the appendices to the Guidelines. (503kb pdf)

If you have any questions or would like to comment on the Guidelines, please email info@auswind.org.