20250318 14595700 1.0 FALSE Offshore_Renewable_Energy_Infrastructure_Regions 002 0.000 Geographic GCS_GDA_1994 Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453) <GeographicCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:GeographicCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.3.0'><WKT>GEOGCS["GCS_GDA_1994",DATUM["D_GDA_1994",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4283]]</WKT><XOrigin>-400</XOrigin><YOrigin>-400</YOrigin><XYScale>999999999.99999988</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>8.983152841195215e-09</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><LeftLongitude>-180</LeftLongitude><WKID>4283</WKID><LatestWKID>4283</LatestWKID></GeographicCoordinateSystem> 20250305 13023600 20250305 13023600 150000000 5000 ISO19139 Esri ArcGIS 12.9.4.32739 Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure Areas The Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure 2021 dataset contains reference areas of proposed and declared areas suitable for offshore renewable energy. The declared area data is a digital representation of lines and zones established under legislation. In the event of an inconsistency between this data and the legislation, the latter prevails. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>Australia has many areas that may be suitable for offshore wind. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water regulates offshore wind and other offshore renewable energy technologies in Commonwealth waters under the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 (OEI Act) and the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Regulations 2022 (see also the associated Regulatory Levies Act, Regulatory Levies Regulations and Consequential Amendments Act).Commonwealth waters start 3 nautical miles from the coastline and extend to the boundary of Australia’s exclusive economic zone.The OEI Act enables the construction, operation and decommissioning of offshore wind farms. They outline how and where offshore wind projects can operate. Projects regulated under the OEI Act include:<UL><LI>offshore wind and solar farms</LI><LI>wave energy plants</LI><LI>undersea electricity interconnectors.</LI></UL>Enabling the offshore wind industry supports the Australian Government’s aim to:<UL><LI>reduce emissions from the electricity sector</LI><LI>increase affordable electricity supply</LI><LI>create jobs.</LI></UL>Declaring suitable areas for offshore wind is a ministerial decision. Our department advises the Minister for Climate Change and Energy on suitable areas in consultation with:<UL><LI>other Australian Government departments and agencies</LI><LI>state and territory governments</LI><LI>industry stakeholders</LI><LI>local communities</LI><LI>the Australian public.</LI></UL>Considering a specific area for declaration requires a 60-day public consultation process. It will take into account factors including impacts on existing marine users.The Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure 2021 dataset contains areas showing a reference area of proposed and declared areas suitable for offshore wind. These are for illustrative purposes only and must be used with the GDA94 coordinate system. Proposed areas are areas which have been publicly announced and are currently or have previously been open for consultation, and may be awaiting final ministerial declaration decisions. Declared areas have been formally declared as suitable for offshore wind by the Minister, and are now open to feasibility licence applications for proponents to conduct further feasibility studies and consultations. The declared area data is a digital representation of lines and zones established under legislation. In the event of an inconsistency between this data and the legislation, the latter prevails.Gippsland Declared Area is the area made up of the areas specified in Schedules 1, 2, and 3 the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Declared Area OEI-01-2022) Declaration 2022 (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022L01736).Hunter Declared Area is the area made up of the areas specified in Schedule 1 of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Declared Area OEI-01-2023) Declaration 2023 (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2023L01005).</DIV></DIV></DIV> Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water offshore renewable energy declared areas proposed areas <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>Spatial data and any associated coordinates within legislated declarations must be used within GDA94 geographic coordinate system. Geospatial polygons are for illustrative purposes only; official areas are determined via GDA94 coordinates listed within legislated declarations as linked in description. The declared area data is a digital representation of lines and zones established under legislation. In the event of an inconsistency between this data and the legislation, the latter prevails.</DIV></DIV></DIV> 110 155 -45 -10 Offshore Renewables Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Offshore Renewables 0.000 shapefile shp dataset EPSG 6.5(3.0.1) 0 Simple FALSE 0 TRUE TRUE Offshore_Renewable_Energy_Infrastructure_Regions Feature Class 0 Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure Regions - Proposed and Declared Offshore Renewables OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. Status Status String 255 0 0 Proposed or Declared area status, as per Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 Offshore Renewables Region Region String 255 0 0 Geographic region where area is located Offshore Renewables ConsultationCloses ConsultPeriod String 255 0 0 Consultation period closing date or consultation open/closed status. Offshore Renewables Area_Km2 Area_km2 Integer 4 0 0 Calculated area in square kilometres based on GDA94 Australian Albers projection. Offshore Renewables Disclaimer Disclaimer String 255 0 0 CoordSys CoordSys String 255 0 0 DateDeclared DateDeclared String 255 0 0 Name Name String 255 0 0 Name assigned to the declared and proposed regions. Offshore Renewables Declaration Declaration Date declared by the Minister. Offshore Renewables String 255 0 0 GlobalID GlobalID GlobalID 38 0 0 CreationDate CreationDate Date 8 0 0 Creator Creator String 128 0 0 EditDate EditDate Date 8 0 0 Editor Editor String 128 0 0 Shape_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Shape_Area Double 8 0 0 Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 20250305 Offshore Renewables Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water The boundaries of the proposed and declared areas have considered a number of factors, including feedback received from Commonwealth and State Government agencies, public consultations and technical limitations in the Blue Economy CRC report into Offshore Wind in Australia. Areas excluded may include significant shipping and vessel traffic movement areas, high frequency fishing areas, culturally significant areas, environmentally sensitive areas and Marine Parks, amongst other local constraints. Boundaries have been developed through a series of iterations and stakeholder feedback.