Iberdrola launches metocean studies for Australian offshore wind farm

The Australian subsidiary of the Spanish energy group Iberdrola recently secured essential approval from Australia’s offshore infrastructure regulator, the Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR), enabling the official start of metocean studies at the site of its future offshore wind farm named Aurora Green. Located over 25 kilometres offshore from Ninety Mile Beach, in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria, the project has a maximum planned capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW). According to Iberdrola Australia, the studies will involve deploying specialised equipment to gather necessary data on wind, wave, and oceanographic conditions. The technical operations are expected to begin by mid to late July, depending on weather conditions.