Gippsland's first offshore wind project looks to start construction in 2030, and you can have your say on it right now

One of Gippsland’s nine proposed windfarms to be located in the Bass Strait, Star of the South, is set to become Australia’s first offshore windfarms to generate power.

The company behind the project, Southerly Ten, is looking to install up to 147 turbines between 10 to 40km off Gippsland’s coast, roughly between Port Albert and Woodside Beach.

How much power will the farm generate?

One rotation of an offshore wind turbine can power an average Australian home for 48 hours - so with 147 turbines spinning the project is expected to provide 2.2GW of electricity, which is enough to power 1.2 million Victorian homes.

All nine windfarm projects proposed for Gippsland’s Offshore Wind Zone are expected to provide 25GW of power once completed, according to the federal government.

To put that in perspective, when operating, the coal-fired power station at Hazelwood had a capacity of 1.6GW - that’s 6.4 percent of what Gippsland’s offshore wind farms will provide.

Take a look at a video explainer about the development and how you can have your say below.