Offshore Wind Makes Tender

Victoria has some of the best offshore wind conditions in the world making it the ideal home to the nations first offshore wind energy industry To prepare the Victorian Budget 202627 invests 1245 million to progress activities for the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal at the Port of Hastings This funding will progress the Environmental Effects Statement EES process for the first heavyduty port of its kind in AustraliaThis would allow companies to be able to assemble turbines before taking them offshore to installThe Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal is going through a full EES process including community consultationFollowing planning approvals and environmental assessments works can then proceed Victoria already has the lowest wholesale electricity prices in the country because of renewable energyHarnessing Gippslands offshore wind resource has the potential to keep pushing prices down as our old coal fire power stations closeIt will also make sure Gippsland remains the powerhouse of Victorias energy production for decades to comeThe auction for the first 2 gigawatts of offshore wind energy will open in August Thats enough energy to power 15 million homesAt its peak the offshore industry is expected to create over 2370 jobs and generate billions in investment Labor is investing in the cheap renewable replacement electricity Victoria needs to lower power bills and keep the lights onJess Wilsons Liberals and Nationals want to stop renewable energy killing thousands of good jobs and driving up power pricesQuotes attributable to Minister for Energy and Resources Lily DAmbrosioOnly Labor will build the offshore wind energy Victoria needs to power our homes and lower energy billsLabor is investing in renewable energy do the Liberals support it or will they cut itQuote attributable to Minister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne We are investing in the technical and environmental assessments at the Port of Hastings to ensure that we are protecting the Ramsar listed wetlands and have ensured that we are on the best footing to successfully meet the Environmental Effects Statement criteria






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