The applications were assessed by the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar against the suitability and merit requirements set out in the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 (OEI Act) and associated regulations. The requirements include technical and financial capability, likely project viability, applicant suitability and the national interest.
In December 2023, Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) said that six of the 37 received applications were under preliminary consideration for the granting of feasibility licences and progressed to the next stage of consultation with First Nation groups.
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The six additional applications, now expected to also be granted feasibility licences, also made it to preliminary consideration at the end of the last year but needed to go through an overlapping application process.
For the remaining 25 applications, a preliminary decision was made to not proceed to grant a feasibility licence on the basis that they are not as meritorious as overlapping applications, DCCEEW said in December 2023.
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