In 2022, the NSW government announced that it had received 44 expressions of interest for power generation and energy storage projects at the Illawarra REZ, eight of which were for offshore wind farms .
Across Australia, in addition to the Illawarra, the Hunter and the Southern Ocean, the federal government has previously announced the Bass Strait region off Northern Tasmania, and the Indian Ocean region off Perth/Bunbury as further regions earmarked for offshore wind zones.
Last month, after completing consultation and narrowing down the initially identified area, the government officially declared the offshore wind zone off the Hunter region and, at the beginning of this month, invited developers to apply for feasibility licences.
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The first offshore wind zone to be officially declared was the Bass Strait off Victoria’s Gippsland region , with the four other areas expected to follow soon after the consultation for them are completed.
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