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The Cost of Offshore Wind Transmission
There seems to be an expectation in some markets that the cost of energy from things like offshore wind will only ever go downwards. And I think that that's something that has to change. There has to be an ability for a fair price to be paid to these types of projects. The other thing I just wanted to cover off on was transmission. We had some of the onshore guys saying to us, well, here in Australia, we've completely underestimated the contribution that transmission is going to make to the delivered price for offshore wind. So sorry, David, the question is the cost to upgrade the transmission system? Well, the installation of underwater transmission is a lot more expensive than on land transmission
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