Renewable Energy

Corio plans second major Australian offshore wind farm

June 9, 2022

Corio Generation is planning a major new offshore wind project in Australia named Great Eastern Offshore Wind.

Offshore staff

LONDON and EDINBURGH, U.K. — Corio Generation is planning a major new offshore wind project in Australia named Great Eastern Offshore Wind.

Great Eastern Offshore Wind is proposed to be located about 22 km off the central Gippsland coast in the state of Victoria.

If approved for construction following ongoing feasibility studies and consultation with local stakeholders, the project could be among the first tranche of offshore wind projects built in Australia.

Located 22 km off the Wellington Shire coast in Gippsland, Victoria, it could supply enough clean energy for about 1.6 million homes.

The announcement means Corio’s planned Australian offshore wind energy projects now total 4 GW. This includes the company's previously announced Great Southern Offshore Wind project, located off Gippsland’s Bass Coast, which is expected to have an installed capacity of up to 1.5 GW.

Corio Generation is a portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), operating on a standalone basis, and it launched as a specialist offshore wind business in April this year.

06.09.2022