Australia Doubles Feasibility Licenses to 12 for Victoria’s Offshore Wind

The Australian government followed up its previous effort announcing a second batch of feasibility licenses for its first potential offshore wind farms. Industry leaders including RWE, Iberdrola, and Corio Generation, are among the second batch of licenses being granted to explore proposed projects all located off the Gippsland coast in the state of Victoria.

Australia’s Minister of Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen highlighted that they have now licensed a dozen projects to proceed to the next phase of development.