Australia moves forward on offshore wind with feasibility licenses

Six projects off country's southeast coast reach next stage of development

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The Veja Mate wind farm off Germany's coast in the North Sea, a project managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, which is backing several projects in Australia.  © Star of the South

SHAUN TURTON, Nikkei staff writer

SYDNEY -- Australia has moved a step closer to its ambition of establishing an offshore wind industry after six potential wind farm projects received the green light to begin assessing their feasibility.

Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and his counterpart from the state of Victoria, Lily D'Ambrosio, announced on Wednesday that six feasibility licenses had been granted or offered for proposed wind farms off the country's southeast coast in Gippsland.

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