Energy company AGL has abandoned plans to develop the Gippsland Skies offshore wind project in Bass Strait.
It is the third company to abandon plans to develop offshore wind in Gippsland, which hosts Australia’s first offshore wind zone.
On Friday 5 December, it was revealed that AGL and the consortium of partners behind Gippsland Skies had applied for consent to surrender their feasibility licence to the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar.
“Gippsland Skies has made the decision to discontinue feasibility studies for a potential offshore wind project off the coast of Gippsland,” AGL said in a statement.
“AGL will prioritise options in its development pipeline of onshore wind, batteries, pumped hydro and gas firming projects, including an expectation of taking final investment decision on 900 MW of grid-scale batteries in the next 12-18 months.”