據海上風能網10月7日報道，澳大利亞海上亨特海岸浮動風力發電場（Hunter Coast floating wind farm）的開發商BlueFloat Energy和Energy Estate已經將該項目規模從1.4吉瓦擴大到1.65吉瓦，并發布了其可視化模擬。

位于新南威爾士州亨特中央海岸地區20至50公里處的110渦輪亨特海岸海上風電項目，屬于澳大利亞聯邦政府確定的六個海上風電開發適宜性評估區域之一。

2022年9月30日，新南威爾士州政府發布了亨特-中央海岸可再生能源區宣言草案，該宣言顯示了新南威爾士州海岸附近潛在的聯邦近海風電區。

這些開發商表示，亨特海岸項目發電量增加至1.65吉瓦，是對開發商之前宣布的調查區域及其部署浮動海上風電技術的潛力進行詳細分析的結果。

聯邦海上風區潛在規模的擴建因素包括該地區強大的電網容量以及新南威爾士州燃煤發電的加速退役。

開發商表示，其還支持新聯邦政府創造的可再生能源投資勢頭，這體現在《氣候變化法案》的迅速通過，該法案規定到2030年，排放量比2005年減少43%，到2050年，凈排放量為零。

BlueFloat Energy首席執行官卡洛斯·馬丁（Carlos Martin）表示，自2020年開始開發亨特海岸海上風電項目以來，亨特中央海岸地區對新型大規模發電能力的需求已經加快，現有燃煤發電站的退役日期將提前幾十年。今年早些時候，我很高興在紐卡斯爾與利益相關者會面，并親身了解海上風電在該地區清潔能源未來中的作用，支持現有能源用戶，取代熱力發電，為綠色氫氣出口和清潔制造等新產業提供動力。

郝芬 譯自 海上風能網

原文如下：

Australian Floating Offshore Wind Project Grows in Size

BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate, the developers of the Hunter Coast floating wind farm offshore Australia, have expanded the size of the project from 1.4 GW to 1.65 GW and released the visual simulation for it.

Located between 20 and 50 kilometres off the Hunter-Central Coast region of New South Wales (NSW), the 110-turbine Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project is within the region identified by the Australian Federal Government as one of the six areas to be assessed for suitability for offshore wind developments.

On 30 September 2022, the New South Wales Government released the draft declaration for the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone, which shows the potential Commonwealth offshore wind zone off the NSW coast.

The increase in the capacity of the Hunter Coast project to 1.65 GW is a result of the detailed analysis of the investigation area previously announced by the developers and its potential for deployment of floating offshore wind technology, the developers said.

The expansion factors in the potential size of the Commonwealth offshore wind zone, the region’s robust grid capacity, and the accelerated retirement of coal-fired energy generation in NSW.

It also supports the momentum behind investment in renewable energy created by the new Federal Government as demonstrated by the rapid passage of the Climate Change Bill which enshrines into law emissions reductions of 43 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050, the developers said.

”Since we started the development of the Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project in 2020 the need for new, large-scale generation capacity in the Hunter-Central Coast region has accelerated – with the retirement date for the existing coal-fired power stations moving forward by decades,” Carlos Martin, CEO of BlueFloat Energy, said.

”I was delighted to meet stakeholders in Newcastle earlier this year and understand first-hand the role that offshore wind can play in the clean energy future for the region, supporting existing energy users, replacing thermal generation and powering new industries like green hydrogen exports and clean manufacturing.”