{"id":628273,"date":"2026-10-12T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628273\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:24:18","slug":"new-zealand-opens-first-offshore-feasibility-permit-applications-tgs-4c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628273\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand opens first offshore feasibility permit applications TGS 4C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tgs4c.com\/news\/..\\images\\news386\\image33386(1).png\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0px solid;\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe New Zealand Government has announced the country\u2019s first offshore&#13;<br \/>\nrenewable energy feasibility permit application round under its new offshore&#13;<br \/>\nrenewable energy regime. &#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe round will allow developers to apply for feasibility permits covering&#13;<br \/>\ndesignated areas offshore Taranaki and offshore Waikato\/South Auckland.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nA feasibility permit enables developers to undertake studies and assess&#13;<br \/>\nthe viability of a potential offshore wind development within a specified&#13;<br \/>\npermit area. &#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDevelopers that complete feasibility work will be required to obtain a&#13;<br \/>\ncommercial permit, along with any other necessary consents, before they&#13;<br \/>\ncan construct and operate an offshore renewable energy project.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will publish&#13;<br \/>\nfurther details on eligibility requirements, the application process, assessment&#13;<br \/>\ncriteria and permit conditions when the application round opens on October&#13;<br \/>\n19 2026. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about offshore wind&#13;<br \/>\nfarm projects across the globe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4coffshore.com\/subscriptions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click&#13;<br \/>\nhere<\/a>. &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The New Zealand Government has announced the country\u2019s first offshore&#13; renewable energy feasibility permit application round under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-628273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}