With Infigen out of the picture, the two leading contenders are Eurus Energy, Japan’s largest wind developer, and APA Group, Australia’s largest owner of natural gas pipelines.

High-performing Emu Downs, which was commissioned in 2006 using Vestas V82 turbines, and remains one of Australia’s largest wind farms, is expected to fetch as much as A$200m ($200.6m).

Much of the electricity generated at the project flows 200km south to feed the Kwinana desalination plant near Perth, which converts water from the Indian Ocean into about 40 million gallons of drinking water each day.

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