据海上风能网10月7日报道，澳大利亚海上亨特海岸浮动风力发电场（Hunter Coast floating wind farm）的开发商BlueFloat Energy和Energy Estate已经将该项目规模从1.4吉瓦扩大到1.65吉瓦，并发布了其可视化模拟。
位于新南威尔士州亨特中央海岸地区20至50公里处的110涡轮亨特海岸海上风电项目，属于澳大利亚联邦政府确定的六个海上风电开发适宜性评估区域之一。
2022年9月30日，新南威尔士州政府发布了亨特-中央海岸可再生能源区宣言草案，该宣言显示了新南威尔士州海岸附近潜在的联邦近海风电区。
这些开发商表示，亨特海岸项目发电量增加至1.65吉瓦，是对开发商之前宣布的调查区域及其部署浮动海上风电技术的潜力进行详细分析的结果。
联邦海上风区潜在规模的扩建因素包括该地区强大的电网容量以及新南威尔士州燃煤发电的加速退役。
开发商表示，其还支持新联邦政府创造的可再生能源投资势头，这体现在《气候变化法案》的迅速通过，该法案规定到2030年，排放量比2005年减少43%，到2050年，净排放量为零。
BlueFloat Energy首席执行官卡洛斯·马丁（Carlos Martin）表示，自2020年开始开发亨特海岸海上风电项目以来，亨特中央海岸地区对新型大规模发电能力的需求已经加快，现有燃煤发电站的退役日期将提前几十年。今年早些时候，我很高兴在纽卡斯尔与利益相关者会面，并亲身了解海上风电在该地区清洁能源未来中的作用，支持现有能源用户，取代热力发电，为绿色氢气出口和清洁制造等新产业提供动力。
郝芬 译自 海上风能网
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.”
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