Floating wind farms planned off the coast of Australia
Plans for three offshore wind developments have been announced.
Australia: Plans for three offshore wind developments have been announced. Two of them are set to incorporate floating wind technology.
BlueFloat Energy is looking to develop the projects with advisory firm Energy Estate, which has a presence in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide.
The proposed facilities are the 1.4 gigawatt Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project, which would be in waters off Newcastle, New South Wales; the Wollongong Offshore Wind Project, set to have a capacity of 1.6 GW and be spread across two sites off Wollongong, New South Wales; and the 1.3 GW Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project, planned for waters off Victoria’s Gippsland region.
The Hunter Coast and Wollongong projects will utilize floating wind technology. The Greater Gippsland wind farm will be a bottom-fixed development.
Source: CNBC