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ARTICLE · 18 JULY 2023

Offshore Wind Zone Declared Off The Hunter (NSW)

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An area off the coast of the Hunter in New South Wales has been declared as Australia's second offshore wind zone. Proponents will be able to submit feasibility licence applications between 8 August 2023 and 14 November 2023.

AustraliaEnergy and Natural Resources
Peter Briggs
Peter Briggs
Heidi Asten
Heidi Asten
Brigitte Rheinberger
Brigitte Rheinberger

An area off the coast of the Hunter in New South Wales has been declared as Australia's second offshore wind zone. Proponents will be able to submit feasibility licence applications between 8 August 2023 and 14 November 2023.

Snapshot

  • The Hunter Declared Area is expected to generate up to 5GW of wind energy.
  • A height restriction of 260m above sea level will apply to wind farms in this zone.
  • The declaration follows a number of recent developments in the renewables space in the Hunter region, including the declaration of the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (HCC REZ) and the Hunter Transmission Project (HTP).

Declaration of the Hunter offshore wind zone

The Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy has declared an area in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hunter to be Australia's second offshore wind zone.

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