Thousands of sq. kilometres of ocean off Victoria’s coast has been earmarked for a wind farm zone that might energy hundreds of thousands of properties.
The proposed web site begins at Warrnambool in western Victoria and stretches throughout the South Australian border to Port MacDonnell.
Public session opened on Wednesday and the venture’s overview states no ultimate determination has been made in regards to the 5100 sq. kilometres venture.
Southwestern Victoria is residence to the Portland aluminium smelter, which makes use of about 10 per cent of the state’s electrical energy.
The federal authorities believes an offshore windfarm might create 3000 jobs in development and an additional 3000 on an ongoing foundation.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen stated the proposed web site is a perfect location to generate sufficient electrical energy to energy 8.4 million properties.
“Renewable energy is the foundation for Australia’s future and I’m looking forward to hear from the local community about what they would like to see from this offshore zone,” Mr Bowen stated.
Local residents, conventional homeowners, employees, trade teams and group organisations have been requested to offer suggestions with submissions closing on the finish of August.
In December it was revealed 15,000 sq. kilometres off the coast of Gippsland in jap Victoria would turn into residence to the nation’s first offshore wind farm zone.
Other areas into account embody the Hunter, Illawarra, northern Tasmania and areas between Perth and Bunbury.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
