STOP OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES – GIPPSLAND'S 90 MILE COAST IS NOT AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE ⛔️

Petition by: No Offshore Turbines Ninety Mile Beach 🌊

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We call on the Australian and Victorian Governments to immediately and permanently stop all offshore wind turbine projects off the Gippsland coast.

Current offshore wind proposals for Gippsland involve over 1,500 offshore wind turbines, each reaching up to 375 metres tall, planned to be constructed as close as 10 kilometres from shore. This would permanently industrialise one of Australia’s most environmentally sensitive marine regions.

These turbines are proposed within and adjacent to:

⚠️A recognised whale migration route, used by Southern Right and Humpback whales.

⚠️Ramsar-listed wetlands, including Corner Inlet.

⚠️A juvenile shark nursery, critical to marine ecosystem health.

⚠️A marine national park and protected coastal waters.

⚠️Habitat for many endangered and protected species, including migratory shorebirds and seabirds that rely on Gippsland’s coastline and wetlands under international agreements.

⚠️Waters relied upon by commercial and recreational fishing industries.

Environmental and community risks include:

➡️Intense underwater noise from pile driving and construction.

➡️Disruption to whale migration, breeding, and communication.

➡️Damage to seabed habitats and marine nurseries.

➡️Collision, displacement, and habitat loss risks for seabirds and migratory species.

➡️Long-term visual, social, and economic impacts on coastal communities and tourism.

➡️Clearing of native vegetation and habitat fragmentation for onshore transmission corridors across Gippsland.

➡️Cost and reliability concerns.

Offshore wind is among the most expensive and complex forms of electricity generation, requiring:

➡️Extensive offshore construction and long-term maintenance in harsh marine environments.

➡️New transmission infrastructure causing major environmental impacts onland. 

➡️Ongoing dependence on intermittent wind conditions, meaning power output cannot be guaranteed.

These factors raise serious concerns about long-term affordability, reliability, and risk for regional communities.

Industry withdrawal also raises serious questions.

The Gippsland offshore wind zone began with 12 feasibility licence holders. That number has now reduced to just 9, indicating growing concerns within the industry itself about cost, risk, and viability — yet local communities are expected to carry the environmental and social impacts.

Our position is clear ✋️

We do not support offshore wind turbines in Gippsland not now or in the future.

🌱Protected marine environments, Ramsar wetlands, national parks, and critical wildlife habitat must not be sacrificed for large-scale industrial energy projects.

Gippsland’s coast is not an industrial zone.

Such culmative impacts on marine ecosystems in the name of “green energy” is not environmental protection ➡️ it is environmental sacrifice.

🐳🐋🐬Independent marine scientists and regulators have warned that some offshore wind impacts cannot be mitigated once turbines are installed:

“Unlike vessel traffic and noise, which can be mitigated to some extent, oceanographic impacts from installed and operating turbines cannot be mitigated for the 30-year lifespan of the project, unless they are decommissioned.” — Quote Sean A. Hayes, PhD, Chief of Protected Species, NOAA NEFSC 

Oceanographic impact refers to the measurable alterations, primarily caused by human (anthropogenic) activities, to marine ecosystems, physical ocean processes, chemistry, and biodiversity.

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