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27th June, 2023
By Bianca Hall, SMH
There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled
About 200 kilometres of Southern Ocean coastline could be unlocked to become an offshore wind farm zone stretching from Warrnambool in Victoria to Port MacDonnell in South Australia – potentially creating 3000 ongoing jobs in the region.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the proposed zone would apply to 5100 square kilometres offshore, including near Portland, which is home to one of the country’s largest smelters and draws on significant amounts of electricity.
Any turbines operating within the wind farm zone would be at least 10 kilometres from shore. Public consultation on the proposed zone opens on Wednesday and will run until August 31.
Bowen said the zone was large enough to generate…
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