Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BE CRC) research has highlighted the potential of offshore wind in Australia’s future energy planning. Ongoing work has addressed key preconditions for the development of offshore wind in Australia, addressing social acceptability, law and policy settings, and supply chain operations.
The key to this current work is a commitment to a pre-competitive collaborative approach between the BE CRC and industry and government to support efficacy, integrity and good governance in the development of Australia’s offshore wind industry.
Research insights from BE CRC ‘Preconditions for development offshore wind energy in Australia project:
Research Insights
- Policy and regulation (Danielle Smith, UQ)
- Social acceptability (Hugh Breakey, Griffith University)
- Supply chains (Stephen Cahoon, UTAS)
Industry partner perspectives
- Nexsphere (Anna Lewis, Nexsphere)
- Southerly Ten (Erin Coldham, Southerly Ten)
- BMT (Hossein Agheshlui, BMT)
- SINTEF (Dorothy Dankel, SINTEF)
- Saitec (Alberto Galdos, Saitec Australia)
Bringing it together – the significance of the “value chain” (Martin Farley, UTAS)
Discussion – through Q&A function on Zoom (Marcus Haward, Blue Economy CRC)