石油设备网讯 据OE网站12月19日报道，周一，澳大利亚在其南部沿海地区开辟了首个开发海上风电场的区域，希望启动一个新的产业，以帮助到2050年实现净零碳排放。
正如所料，政府选择了维多利亚州的吉普斯兰海岸作为第一个海上风力发电区，一个耗资90亿澳元（60亿美元）被称为“南方之星”的项目将位于该区域，这个项目已经规划了十年。
澳大利亚能源部长Chris Bowen在一份声明中表示，澳大利亚在海上风能方面拥有巨大潜力，如今政府批准了这个行业。
周一，该国政府还授予“南方之星”重大项目地位，这将有助于加快2.2吉瓦海上风电场的审批。
这个项目的运营商表示，如果一切按计划进行，该项目将在2025年左右开始建设，并在本世纪20年代末左右开始发电。
南方之星首席执行官查尔斯·拉特雷在一份声明中称，作为澳大利亚最先进的海上风电项目，我们正在为这一新兴行业的发展铺平道路，所以这对所有参与者来说都是好消息。
另一家开发商，浮动能源公司（Flotation Energy）与日本东京电力公司合作，正在寻求建设一个名为Seadragon的1.5吉瓦项目，并表示该项目将在六年内准备就绪，为100万户家庭供电。
麦格理集团（Macquarie Group）的海上风电子公司Corio Generation表示，将为其在吉普斯兰拟建的2.5吉瓦Great Eastern海上风电项目申请可行性许可证。
这些项目都可以帮助维多利亚州实现其雄心勃勃的目标，即到2032年达到2吉瓦的海上发电量，到2035年达到4吉瓦的海上发电量，但该国从零开始建设这个行业面临着一些挑战。
该国政府正在考虑开辟其他地区的海上风电场，包括东海岸的新南威尔士州、维多利亚州西部、塔斯马尼亚州北部和西澳大利亚州南海岸。
（1美元=1.4941澳元）
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
Australia Launches First Offshore Wind Farm Zone
Australia on Monday opened up its first zone for developing offshore wind farms in a region off its southern coast, looking to jumpstart a new industry to help achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
As expected, the government selected the Gippsland coast off the state of Victoria for the first offshore wind power zone, where an A$9 billion ($6 billion) project that has been on the drawing board for a decade, known as Star of the South, will be located.
"Australia has huge potential in offshore wind and today the Albanese government is giving this industry a green light," Energy Minister Chris Bowen said in a statement.
The government on Monday also awarded major project status to Star of the South, which will help fast-track approvals for the 2.2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm.
The project's operator, also known as Star of the South, said if all went as planned it could start construction around 2025 and begin producing power around the end of the decade.
"As the most advanced offshore wind project in Australia, we're helping pave the way for this new industry to grow, so this is good news for everyone involved," Star of the South Chief Executive Officer Charles Rattray said in a statement.
Another developer, Flotation Energy teamed up with Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co, is looking to build a 1.5 GW project called Seadragon and said it could be ready in six years and power up to 1 million homes.
Macquarie Group's offshore wind arm, Corio Generation said it would apply for a feasibility license for its proposed 2.5 GW Great Eastern Offshore Wind project in Gippsland.
The projects could all help the state of Victoria meet its ambitious target of hitting 2 GW of offshore generation by 2032 and 4 GW by 2035, but the country faces several challenges building the industry from scratch.
The government is considering opening other regions for offshore wind farms, including off the state of New South Wales on the east coast, off western Victoria, off northern Tasmania, and off the south coast of Western Australia.
