Gippsland Skies

Our ever-growing team came together in Naarm (Melbourne) last week for an inspiring, educational and fun-filled team day. We spent the session collaborating on project activities, sharing ideas and discussing organisational values. ✍💡 Team members travelled from overseas, around Australia and from many regions in Victoria to enjoy some face-to-face time together. The session served to remind us of how fortunate we are to work with talented and passionate individuals. 🥰  👏A big thank you to everyone for your energy, enthusiasm and commitment.   We look forward to progressing project activities as we work towards the goal of harnessing the power of offshore wind together. 🌊 🌬 Rory Van Weerdenburg Anita Murphy Ed Boucaut Tim Senti Peter Dodd Janelle Murray Daniel Cotterill Giulio Pinzone Ingrid Huitema Jenelle Cramer Maria Scarlett Jacob Jonker Matt Dick

Members of our team will be in Seaspray Surf Life Saving Club today from 4.30pm to 6.30pm! Drop by and say 👋 and learn more about all the developments across the Gippsland region. 🌊

Last week, our Senior Advisor for Ports & Maritime, Ashley McDonald, spoke at the Ports Australia biennial conference in #Hobart. In his session, ‘Beyond the Horizon: Offshore Wind,’ chaired by Samuel McSkimming, CEO Pilbara Ports Authority, Ashley highlighted how ports can seize opportunities in the offshore wind sector. An excellent example of this is Green Port Hull in England, which transformed following investment in port facilities, now housing Siemens Gamesa’s blade manufacturing plant with 1,300 local employees. This port played a key role in delivering the Hornsea projects, including Hornsea 2, the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm. Green Port Hull exemplifies how strategic planning and public-private partnerships drive regional economic growth and port advancements. Thanks to our Chair, panellists; Malcolm (Mal) Wise AM GAICD and Marie-Alexandra HEGOT, and organizers for an outstanding event. 👏

The Gippsland Skies team are joining together with other offshore wind developers to host a series of consultation events this November in the Gippsland region. 🌬 🎯 The events aim to provide locals with a holistic view of proposed developments in the region, and offer a chance to meet all the developers and hear about project plans, view maps and provide feedback on the proposed developments. ⚡ Government agency representatives from VicGrid, Offshore Wind Energy Victoria and Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and Water will be attending these events to provide updates on Victoria’s transmission and energy plans. We hope to see you at one of the locations below! #offshorewind #gipplandregion

As a proud Gold Sponsor, our Gippsland Skies team was out in full force last week #GNEC2024! And what an event it was… and a very busy week for everyone! We were delighted to contribute to several panel discussions, meet and greet stakeholders at our Gippsland Skies conference booth and talk careers with school-goers at our @GippyYouthNewEnergyJobSummit booth - enticed over by local biscuits from #bernisbikkies #traralgon! 🍪🍪 🤔Some reflections on the #offshorewind 🌬 market provided by our team Rory Van Weerdenburg Bill Mundy Ashley McDonald included: 🤝 The Opportunity! Australia stands to benefit from the decade-long learnings of mature markets, like the UK – what to do and what not to do. This encompasses all aspects of project development including how to work effectively and efficiently with all stakeholders including Government, developers, financiers – the full industry spectrum. Collaboration is critical to seize the opportunity the offshore wind market presents and develop projects in a cost-efficient and timely way.    🏗 Port Infrastructure: A strategic plan is required at a national level to provide certainty for investment in ports and local supply chain development.   👷♀️Skills & Training: Now is the time to start the groundwork to build a local, highly trained, and skilled workforce for the construction and O&M phases of our project. Regional Universities are key to getting people to study and stay in the region to support workforce capacity. We are looking forward to collaborating on initiatives such as the Skills Lab being established by TAFE Gippsland and we encourage students to consider a career in offshore wind.   Our Head of Legal & Compliance, Anita Murphy also spoke at the #GippslandWomeninNewEnergy breakfast proudly sponsored by #GippslandSkies about her career journey in discovering her love of working in the renewable energy industry. Anita encouraged attendees to consider options and choices available to women in the new energy sector and to discover their own path to career fulfilment through mentorship and professional development training.  👉Learn more about our Gippsland Skies project here: www.gippslandskies.com.au  #GippyYouthSummit #RenewableEnergy #GNEC #GNEC2024 Janelle Murray Daniel Cotterill Maria Scarlett

Catch our team #GNEC2024 this week in Traralgon!   We are looking forward to participating on key sessions across the conference programme 👇,and engaging with stakeholders, government and industry peers as we work together towards advancing offshore wind deployment in Victoria. 🤝   🔊 Rory Van Weerdenburg – Project Director  ‘International Lessons in Offshore Wind for Gippsland’   Weds. 04 Sept / 1.30pm – Auditorium 🔊 Ashley McDonald – Ports and Maritime Senior Advisor ‘Navigating the Approach: Opportunities and Challenges for Australia’s Ports in preparing for Offshore Wind’ Weds. 04 Sept / 2.45pm – Auditorium 🔊 Bill Mundy - Training and Skills Senior Advisor  ‘Empowering Local Talent: Training for Renewable Industries’ Weds. 04 Sept / 4pm – Auditorium   Drop by and say 👋 to our team also at our booth in the Conference Town Hall and learn more about our proposed 2.5 GW offshore wind farm. Find out more about the conference here: www.www.gnec.com.au #gnec2024 #gippslandnewenergyconference #offshorewind

Gippsland Skies is proud sponsors of #GippslandNewEnergyConference. This important regional event, expertly organised by Gippsland Climate Change Network Inc., provides an opportunity for the energy industry to come together to discuss areas of collaboration and co-operation to progress a sustainable local industry.  With themes around supply chain, procurement, skills, infrastructure and manufacturing opportunities, this event will discuss critical matters within the energy industry. Our project team will be there in full force representing the offshore wind industry! Drop by our expo display in the conference Town Hall, or get in touch with us pre-event by contacting team-members through LinkedIn; Rory Van Weerdenburg Janelle Murray Bill Mundy Ashley McDonald Daniel Cotterill. Learn more about our project: www.gippslandskies.com.au #GNEC #GNEC2024 #offshorewind #gippslandenergy

Gippsland Skies is proud sponsors of #GippslandNewEnergyConference. This important regional event, expertly organised by Gippsland Climate Change Network Inc., provides an opportunity for the energy industry to come together to discuss areas of collaboration and co-operation to progress a sustainable local industry.  With themes around supply chain, procurement, skills, infrastructure and manufacturing opportunities, this event will discuss critical matters within the energy industry. Our project team will be there in full force representing the offshore wind industry! Drop by our expo display in the conference Town Hall, or get in touch with us pre-event by contacting team-members through LinkedIn; Rory Van Weerdenburg Janelle Murray Bill Mundy Ashley McDonald Daniel Cotterill. Learn more about our project: www.gippslandskies.com.au #GNEC #GNEC2024 #offshorewind #gippslandenergy

Gippsland Skies was delighted to host its first round of Community Consultation events over the last week in Fish Creek, Sandy Point, Foster, Yarram and concluding today in Seaspray, Victoria. Members of the project team met with local communities to provide information about the marine survey plans for the proposed 2.5 GW Gippsland Skies offshore wind farm. The project is currently in the early stages of undertaking feasibility studies and environmental surveys which are required to inform both the design of the project and the Environmental Impact Assessments. Thank you to everyone who attended to learn more about our project! 👉 www.gippslandskies.com.au   Photo 1 (l-r): Giulio Pinzone Janelle Murray Ashley McDonald Anita Murphy Rory Van Weerdenburg Maria Scarlett Mainstream Renewable Power AGL Reventus Power DIRECT Infrastructure

Gippsland Skies was delighted to host its first round of Community Consultation events over the last week in Fish Creek, Sandy Point, Foster, Yarram and concluding today in Seaspray, Victoria. Members of the project team met with local communities to provide information about the marine survey plans for the proposed 2.5 GW Gippsland Skies offshore wind farm. The project is currently in the early stages of undertaking feasibility studies and environmental surveys which are required to inform both the design of the project and the Environmental Impact Assessments. Thank you to everyone who attended to learn more about our project! 👉 www.gippslandskies.com.au   Photo 1 (l-r): Giulio Pinzone Janelle Murray Ashley McDonald Anita Murphy Rory Van Weerdenburg Maria Scarlett Mainstream Renewable Power AGL Reventus Power DIRECT Infrastructure