The Australian government has offered feasibility licences for offshore wind projects in Victoria and New South Wales. Novocastrian Wind, a partnership consisting of Equinor and Oceanex Energy, has been offered a feasibility licence to explore its planned offshore wind farm project for the Hunter offshore wind area in New South Wales. The project is located 22 km off the coast of the Hunter and has the potential to deliver 2GW of renewable electricity, enough to power more than a million homes. In Victoria, Spinifex Offshore was offered a feasibility licence for its planned project in the Southern Ocean zone. It will cover 265 sq km of the 1,030 sq km zone and could generate 1.2GW of power, enough for 10% of the state’s needs. The two projects will have a combined potential of 3.2GW. The feasibility licences are issued for seven years. Consultations with communities, environmental assessments, and approval processes are necessary before applying for commercial licences to build the projects. In the Illawarra offshore wind zone, the government decided to pause considerations for a feasibility licence after BlueFloat Energy asked for its application to be paused until after the federal election. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsAustralia