OWEV is coordinating the development of Victoria’s offshore wind sector, guiding industry, Traditional Owners and communities towards an offshore wind energy future.
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Offshore wind energy has been well-established internationally since the 1990s and grows year on year. Explore information from all the key organisations below.
The Victorian Government has tasked VicGrid with planning and coordinating the development of supporting transmission infrastructure for offshore wind energy.
Offshore wind farms will be in Australian Government waters and can only be built in areas approved by the Australian Government.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is the responsible Australian Government department.
Gippsland’s 12 offshore wind feasibility licence holders and the Southern Ocean's 1 offshore wind feasibility licence holder – the developers that are exploring the potential for offshore wind farms in the region – have a range of helpful resources on their websites and social media channels.
These include interactive visualisations, explainer videos and graphics, timelines and updates. You can explore their projects and access their websites on our Victoria's offshore wind farm locations.
Gippsland New Energy is a web portal dedicated to promoting renewable energy, community engagement, employment and training opportunities in Gippsland.
The Clean Energy Council is the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia.
The Global Wind Atlas is a web-based interactive map that shows high-wind areas around the world.
GWEC is a global member-based organisation that represents more than 1,500 companies, organisations and institutions in more than 80 countries. This includes manufacturers, developers, component suppliers, research institutes, and national wind and renewables associations.
The Global Wind Power Tracker map is a worldwide dataset of utility-scale, onshore and offshore wind facilities.
IRENA is a global intergovernmental agency for energy transformation and international cooperation. It supports countries in their energy transitions and provides state of the art data and analyses on technology, innovation, policy, finance and investment.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on transforming energy through research, development, commercialisation, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
The Offshore Infrastructure Registrar is the Australian Government agency responsible for administering the licensing scheme, including managing the licence assessment process, providing advice and recommendations to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy on licence applications, overseeing licence compliance and administration and maintaining a register of licences.
The Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR) is the Australian Government agency responsible for overseeing work health and safety, infrastructure integrity, and environmental management for offshore renewable energy infrastructure and offshore electricity transmission infrastructure in the Commonwealth offshore area.
The Offshore Wind Industry Council is the United Kingdom’s senior forum for ministerial and industry engagement to secure, enable and accelerate the future deployment of offshore wind in the UK.
Page last updated: 07/03/25