Aussie-Led Global Consortium Joins Offshore Wind Frenzy

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm—the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States—near Block Island, R.I., on July 7, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

A major energy company has joined top women in wind power and a global contractor in a bid to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Victoria’s Gippsland region.

EnergyAustralia and Dutch offshore specialist Boskalis are part of a consortium led by Elanora Offshore that is seeking to be one of the first to build offshore wind in Australia.