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The southern coast of Australia appears to have all the characteristics of the windy North Sea, which currently harvests many kilowatts of power for Denmark, Germany and the UK.

Wind power is the cheapest form of sustainable energy in the world, and once the problems of Australia’s deep oceans are solved with floating wind generators, Tasmania and the southern continental coast could prove to be the mainstay of Australia’s energy future.

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Associate Professor Sven Teske, Institute for Sustainable Futures University of Technology Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 27 July 2021