Renewable Energy WHS Consultants
Work health and safety support for solar, wind and battery storage projects across Australia, through construction, commissioning and the long years of operation that follow.
- 25+ years of safety experience in high-risk and major-hazard environments
- Built for remote sites, overlapping duty holders and hazardous energy
- National coverage for developers, EPC contractors and O&M providers
Head Office
100 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo, NSW AU 2000
Renewable energy projects face some of Australia's toughest conditions, from remote sites and turbine tower work to energised solar arrays. With owners, EPC contractors, subcontractors and O&M teams sharing responsibility, safety gaps can go unaddressed.
- Is it clear who controls which risks when owner, EPC and O&M contractors share a site?
- Could your team reach and rescue an injured worker in the time your emergency plan assumes?
- Are heat, fatigue and long drives managed as hazards, or written off as part of the job?
- Will your safety system survive the handover from construction to operations?
Our renewable energy WHS consultants help developers, contractors and operators manage the sector’s specific risks, including electrical and stored energy, working at height and rescue, confined spaces in hubs and blades, heavy lifts, heat stress, fatigue, remote-area emergency response and contractor coordination. We consider the whole asset lifecycle, not just the construction phase.
Our founder has held safety roles at a NSW major hazard facility, bringing experience from environments where hazardous energy and emergency planning demand serious attention from day one. For projects that also involve construction, explore our construction WHS services to learn more.
Where Our Renewable Energy
WHS Consultants Focus
Clear lines between duty holders
Consultation, cooperation and coordination arrangements that spell out who manages which risks at each stage of the project.
Energy isolated, every time
Isolation and permit-to-work systems that treat PV strings, grid connections and battery systems as live until proven otherwise.
Remote emergencies planned properly
Emergency and rescue plans tailored to site travel times, communication blackspots and available rescue equipment, using our emergency response planning approach.
Controls that survive handover
Systems and records that pass cleanly from construction to commissioning to O&M, instead of being rebuilt by each new contractor.
Our WHS Services for
Renewable Energy
Engage us for a single project phase or run the services as one program across your portfolio.
Get Your Safety System Ready
Before the Next Mobilisation
Book a free WHS assessment with a renewable energy WHS consultant and find the gaps across your sites before a remote-area incident finds them for you.
What's at Stake on a Renewable Energy Project
Renewables projects run on tight grid-connection dates, financing milestones and community goodwill. A serious incident can stop work across a site, push back energisation and put your social licence under pressure in the regional communities hosting the project. Developers and principals look hard at a contractor’s safety record before they award the next package.
A serious incident can lead to:
- Fines up to $1.5M for individuals and $3.7M for businesses
- Jail time for serious breaches, with industrial manslaughter laws now in most jurisdictions
- Stop-work and prohibition notices that delay commissioning and energisation
- Liquidated damages and disputes when milestones slip
- Losing future packages with developers and EPC principals
- Community and media attention that follows a regional project for years
Recovering from any of these takes far longer than preventing them. Getting controls in place before mobilisation is the cheapest safety work you’ll do.
The GSD Safety Process
Whether you're preparing to mobilise or managing a fleet of operating assets, the process remains the same through Assess, Align and Assure.
1. ASSESS
Two days on site or across your operations, testing your arrangements against the WHS Act, the regulations and industry practice. You leave with a detailed risk analysis and a reporting dashboard for your leadership team.
2. ALIGN
A 90-day program that closes the priority gaps: duty holder coordination, isolation and permits, emergency and rescue planning, contractor management. Hands-on work, done in the right order.
3. ASSURE
Ongoing support from a senior WHS consultant, sized to your project pipeline, so standards hold as projects move from construction into operation.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
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Questions Answered
What does a renewable energy WHS consultant do?
A renewable energy WHS consultant assesses and controls the risks on solar, wind and battery storage projects, from construction through to operations. GSD Safety supports developers, asset owners, EPC contractors and operations and maintenance providers working on solar farms, wind farms and battery energy storage systems across Australia, including remote and regional sites.
Who is responsible for safety when several businesses share a renewable energy site?
Every business on a renewable energy site has its own WHS duties, and where those duties overlap, WHS laws require each business to consult, cooperate and coordinate with the others. GSD Safety helps you document who controls which risks, so gaps between owner, EPC and O&M contractors are closed before work starts.
What are the main WHS risks on solar and wind farms?
The main WHS risks on solar and wind farms include electrical and stored energy hazards, working at height and rescue from height, confined spaces in turbine hubs and blades, heavy lifting operations, heat stress, fatigue, long-distance driving and delayed emergency response at remote sites.
Can GSD Safety help with emergency planning for remote sites?
Yes. GSD Safety helps build emergency response plans around the realities of remote renewable energy sites: travel times to medical care, communications coverage, rescue equipment, trained responders and coordination with local emergency services.
Does GSD Safety deliver GWO training or high risk work licences?
No. GSD Safety doesn’t deliver Global Wind Organisation (GWO) training or issue high risk work licences, and our training isn’t nationally accredited. We provide practical, role-specific WHS training on site and through VR, and can point you to the right providers for certified courses.
Can you support the handover from construction to operations?
Yes. We help set up WHS systems and records that transfer cleanly from construction to commissioning and ongoing operations, so the O&M team inherits a working system rather than starting from scratch.