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Newly rebranded Skyborn Renewables will present the first of three rebranded expanded offshore wind projects to the local community next week, as many deep-pocketed players continue to ramp up their plans.
Skyborn, the new name for Bremen-based wpd renewable energy company acquired by Global Infrastructure Partners earlier this year, is now also backed by Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala.
Skyborn immediately rebranded and scaled up the three offshore wind projects it hopes to develop with UK-based Australis Energy in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Foremost is the proposed offshore Cape Winds project off the coast of Discovery Bay, located between Nelson and Portland in south-west Victoria, not far from the Portland aluminum smelter.
The potential size of Cape Winds has more than tripled from an original 400MW (some parts of the project’s website is still quoted) to around 2GW.
It will compete for grid-connected space in the region with the 1GW Spinifex project proposed by Alinta and the 1.2GW Southern Winds project proposed by Energy Estate and BlueFloat Energy.
See RenewEconomy’s Australia offshore wind farms map
Skyborn will host its first local community information sessions next week in Portland, Nelson and Bridgewater Point to discuss its plans, which will be submitted under the EPBC Act.
It is working on turbines up to 15MW and beyond.
Skyborn has also raised the potential capacity of its rebranded Myalup offshore wind project in Western Australia from 300MW to 1.9GW. It is also renaming its 600MW South Australia project Kingston.
Giles Parkinson is update economyalso the founder one step off the grid and founder/editor of EV-focused driven. Giles has been a journalist for 40 years and was former Deputy Business Editor of the Australian Financial Review.
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