Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project

The Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project, proposed by BlueFloat Energy, comprises a 2,085-megawatt offshore wind farm and supporting onshore and offshore transmission infrastructure, in the declared Offshore Wind Zone in the south-west Gippsland region of Victoria. The wind farm will be located 10 to 43 kilometres off the Gippsland coast in the Bass Strait, between Woodside and Seaspray, and the transmission infrastructure will connect into the energy grid in the Latrobe Valley. 

The offshore components of the project in Commonwealth jurisdiction include: 

• approximately 139 offshore bottom-fixed wind turbines generating 2,085 megawatts of electricity
• two to four offshore substations
• foundations in the seabed for the turbines and offshore substations, and 
• undersea array subsea capables connecting the wind turbines togetehr and to the offshore substations. 

The offshore components tranversing the Commonwealth and Victorian state jurisdictions include the subsea export cables extending from the offshore substations to the onshore landing locations. 

The onshore components of the project in State jurisdiction include: 

• underground cables from the shore landing point to a new onshore substation
• a new onshore substation, and
• a 500 kilovolt overhead transmission line running from the onshore substation to the Loy Yang Power Station or the Hazelwood Terminal Station to connect into the National Electricity Market.