Gippsland Dawn
Feasibility-licence holder in Australia's offshore-wind seabed-licensing regime (Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021).
Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
GDGippsland Dawn OWP Project Pty Ltd — 100% ◆
BLBlueFloat Energy — split undisclosed ◆
Location
AustraliaBass Strait
Technology
Capacity
2,100 MW ◇
Turbines
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Foundation
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Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Gippsland Offshore Wind Zone — feasibility licences · 2024 ·
Revenue & grid
Offtake
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Grid
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Schedule
COD
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Cancelled
14 Jul 2025 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
1 dated milestone on the spine, each with its source · 2 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers
construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification
Rests on 4 sources (2 primary) · ◆ 3 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator2
[2]
Offshore Infrastructure Registrar (NEATS Public Portal, NOPTA)2026-08-22◆ Register of Offshore Infrastructure Lice…
"licenceNumber": "FL-007", "licenceType": "Feasibility Licence", "licenceStatus": "Surrendered", "licenceHolder": "Gippsland Dawn OWP Project Pty Ltd"
supportsoperatorConsent
[3]
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)2026-08-22◆ Victoria's offshore wind farm locations …
“In July 2024, 12 projects were awarded licences for the Gippsland offshore wind declared area. On 14 July 2025, BlueFloat Energy surrendered the feasibility licence, FL-07, for its Gippsland Dawn proj…”
supports↳ parentsCancelled
Trade press2
[1]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2024-07◆ Australia approves 12 Gippsland projects…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTotal capacity
[4]
ABC News (Australia)2025-07-16
“The company behind the project, Blue Float Energy, withdrew from offshore wind internationally after major shareholder Quantum Capital said it was no longer commercially viable to invest in the sector…”
supportsCancelled
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