The offshore wind area in the Bass Strait covers approximately 15,000 square kilometres (source: Australian Gov)
An Australian offshore wind industry is a major step closer, with the Australian Government declaring an area in the Bass Strait off Gippsland as the first area suitable for developing offshore windfarms
The area in Gippsland, Victoria, covers approximately 15,000 square kilometres, and runs from offshore of Lakes Entrance in the east to south of Wilsons Promontory in the west.
Declaring the area means developers will soon be able to apply for the first licences for offshore windfarms in Australia.
At the same time that the offshore wind area was announced, the Albanese Government also awarded major project status to the Star of the South offshore wind project off the Gippsland coast.
Other regions being considered for future offshore wind energy projects are the Pacific Ocean regions off the Hunter and Illawarra in New South Wales, the Southern Ocean region off Portland in Victoria, the Bass Straight region off Northern Tasmania, and the Indian Ocean region off /Bunbury in West Australia.
