The federal government has announced a plan to develop an offshore wind farm zone off the New South Wales Hunter region that would have the capacity for hundreds of turbines.
He says the project has the potential to create thousands of jobs and improve energy securityA 5,000-square-kilometre area near Newcastle has been proposed as the location.
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen was in Newcastle on Thursday to ask for community feedback. "The zone has the capacity to create up to eight gigawatts of power — enough to power six million homes," he said.The Hunter is one of six priority regions around Australia that the government has flagged as having offshore wind potential.
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