Energising the Illawarra with Offshore Wind.

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The Illawarra Offshore Wind Farm project team wishes to share the following statement with our valued suppliers and stakeholders:

Equinor decided to not submit a feasibility licence application for the Illawarra offshore wind zone.

The decision was made as part of Equinor’s ongoing review of the early-stage project investments, which is aimed at maintaining a strong and balanced portfolio to ensure we can put our technical and financial capabilities behind projects in the portfolio. As part of the decision, we carefully evaluated risk factors that are currently impacting the global industry and conducted project-specific and site-specific assessments.

This decision allows us to focus on the Novocastrian Offshore Wind project, for which we have been granted a provisional feasibility licence, in the Hunter offshore wind zone in New South Wales. We look forward to working closely with local communities and suppliers, building on decades of coexistence with users of the sea, to bring offshore wind to the Hunter region in due course.

The Illawarra Offshore Wind Farm Project

The Illawarra, including the key bases of Wollongong and Port Kembla, provides an incredible home for an offshore wind farm with a mindset, infrastructure and workforce experienced in developing and delivering large projects requiring a diversity of skillsets honed in steelmaking, manufacturing, power generation, engineering, mining, port and land logistics, project management and support services, amongst many others.

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Our purpose is to turn natural resources into energy for people, and progress for society.

Equinor is a Norwegian broad energy company with more than 21,000 colleagues committed to providing affordable energy for societies worldwide and taking a leading role in the energy transition. We’re on a journey to net zero emissions through optimising our oil and gas portfolio, accelerating growth in renewables and pioneering developments in carbon capture and hydrogen.

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Oceanex Energy is an Australian company led by experienced Australian founders

Along with their international partners, they are progressing the development and construction of up to 5 offshore wind farms off the coast of Australia, which will provide a new source of large-scale, clean and reliable electricity that creates huge new investment, jobs and innovation opportunities, especially in key regional centres.

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Oceanex Energy acknowledges the Dharawal people as Traditional Custodians of Country. We acknowledge and honour their Ancestors, Elders of the Present and Emerging Elders of the future.

With heart and deep respect, we acknowledge their stories and traditions over the land, water, sky and wind that surround our Illawarra Offshore Wind project as we create positive outcomes for generations to come.