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Alberto Meucci, Research Fellow in Oceanography, The University of Melbourne

Good news for renewables: southern Australia’s offshore winds will stay strong even as the climate changes

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If you’ve ever stood on a Victorian beach and felt the wind from the Southern Ocean, you’ll know this is not a gentle force. Whipped up across thousands of kilometres of cold ocean, these winds are relentless and powerful.

More than that – they’re one of Australia’s most valuable untapped sources of energy. Australia has many windfarms, but all of them have been built on land.

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