Kent Offshore Wind

Feasibility-licence holder in Australia's offshore-wind seabed-licensing regime (Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021). Developer: RWE.

Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
KOKent Offshore Wind Pty Ltd — 100% ◆
RWE — split undisclosed ◆
Location
Australia
Bass Strait
Technology
Capacity 2,000 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation —
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination Gippsland Offshore Wind Zone — feasibility licences · 2024 ·
Revenue & grid
Offtake —
Grid —
Schedule
COD —
Cancelled 10 Oct 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

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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
[3]
Offshore Infrastructure Registrar (NEATS Public Portal, NOPTA)2026-08-22◆ Register of Offshore Infrastructure Lice…
"licenceNumber": "FL-008", "licenceType": "Feasibility Licence", "licenceStatus": "Surrendered"
supportsoperatorConsentCancelled
[4]
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)2026-08-22◆ Victoria's offshore wind farm locations …
“On 10 October 2025, RWE surrendered the feasibility licence, FL-08, for Kent Offshore Wind Farm.”
supportsCancelled
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.
supports↳ parentsTotal capacity
[2]
reNEWS2025-10-14
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCancelled
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