Uncertainty surrounds the future of an $8 billion wind farm off the coast of a key energy region, with staff let go and operators unlikely to bid for government funding.
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The proposal involves building some 110 wind turbines off the coast of Victoria's Gippsland as part of the Navigator North project, located about 38 kilometres from tourist hotspot Lakes Entrance.
It's the latest in a string of delayed or cancelled wind projects nationally, with the state government's renewable energy strategy relying on wind as a key source of energy as coal power stations are switched off.
The Gippsland project was meant to be able to power the equivalent