SAWEA CAA Exemption Outcome Letter
As you may have been aware, in November 2023 SAWEA submitted a blanket application to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) - (Application for Recognition of Alternative Means of Compliance or AMoC) to approve patterning of wind turbine blades at wind farms for the purposes of avifaunal collision mitigation. The AMoC application was submitted in terms of Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) 11.04.6, read with CAR 11.04.2 and 11.04.3, for turbine blades at wind farms not conforming strictly with CATS 139.01.30 (3) (b in terms of which, SAWEA sought approval.
SAWEA’s AMoC application has since been approved by the CAA on 18 January 2024 as per the attached letter. Please note that all other applicable provisions of CARS and SA-CATS must still be complied with though feel free to utilize the attached letter in your application letters to CAA. Most notably, please also refer to condition 5 and relevant sub-points for additional requirements for any particular wind farm patterning blades for further approval by SA CAA subsequent to implementation.
SAWEA would like to thank the task team emanating out of the Wind Energy and Birds Subcommittee, specifically the lead of the subcommittee, Shaun Taylor for assisting in driving the application process as well as our members and partners for their studious work to ensure the success of this application.
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