List of wind farms in Queensland explained

This is a list of wind farms in Queensland, Australia. To be included on the list a wind farm must have a capacity of 10 megawatts (MW) or greater.

As of December 2023, Queensland has six operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of about 1025 MW.

Operational

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Coopers Gap[1] [2] [3] AGL Energy453$850 million investment,[4] 123 turbines
Dulacca Wind FarmOctopus Investments181$450 million investment, 43 turbines
Mount Emerald Wind Farm[5] RATCH-Australia
Port Bajool		180$2 dollar investment, 1 used and the cheapest turbine
Windy Hill Wind FarmBuilt by Stanwell Corporation, now owned by RATCH-Australia12$20 million investment, 20 turbines
Kaban Green Power hubNeoen1562023Combined with 100 MW battery[6]
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 1[7] [8] Windlab432021Combined with 15 MW solar power and 2 MW / 4 MWh Battery.

Projects

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Archer Point Wind FarmWind Power Queensland120Feasibility
Clarke Creek Wind Farm[9] [10] Lacour800FeasibilityUp to 195 turbines
Crediton Wind Farm[11] Transfield Services40Proposed
Crows Nest Wind Farm[12] AGL Energy200Cancelled$270 million investment, 40 turbines. Cancelled by AGL.[13]
Forsayth Wind Farm[14] [15] Infigen Energy75Planning approved$250 million investment, 30 turbines
Forest Wind[16] [17] [18] CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services1200Planning approved$2 billion investment, up to 226 turbines
High Road Wind Farm[19] Transfield Services50[20] Planning approved$90 million investment, 17 turbines
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 2Windlab43FeasibilityOver $1.5 billion to construct, up to 300 wind turbines.
Kidston Wind Project[21] Genex Power258FeasibilityExpanded to 258MW in November 2022 [22]
North Stradbroke IslandStanwell Corporation15Proposed
Windy Hill Wind Farm Stage 2Proposed by Transfield Services12Cancelled
MacIntyre Wind FarmAcciona & CleanCo1026[23] CommissionedLocated in Cement Mills
MacIntyre Wind Farm Herries RangeAccionaalign=“left” 1000[24]
Lakeland Wind FarmWindlab100Planning approved[25] [26] [27]
Banana Range Wind FarmLacour230Planning approvedConstruction start expected Q1 2024[28]
Kingaroy Wind FarmAustralia Energy Windfarm57.12Feasibility[29] [30]

See also

External links


Notes and References

  1. News: Green. Glenis. 2008-08-14. South Burnett poised to host power generator giant. The Courier-Mail.
  2. Web site: 2008-12-10. AGL's $14m windfarm tilt. 2008-12-18. Business Day.
  3. Web site: Coopers Gap Wind Farm. 5 December 2016. AGL.
  4. Web site: Coopers Gap Wind Farm.
  5. Web site: Wind Farm Development at Mt Emerald. AZoCleantech. 6 November 2010.
  6. Web site: webk . Kaban Green Power Hub . 2019-01-23 . en-AU.
  7. Web site: Kennedy Wind Farm . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100718211339/http://windlab.com/node/229 . 18 July 2010 . 26 July 2011 . windlab.
  8. Web site: Vorrath . Sophie . 12 March 2020 . Windlab extends truce with contractors in Kennedy Energy Park dispute . RenewEconomy . en-AU.
  9. Web site: The Project. Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm project. en-US. 2018-08-10.
  10. News: Billion-dollar wind farm approved in central Queensland. 2018-06-06. ABC News. 2018-08-10 . en-AU.
  11. Web site: AEMO Proposed Generation Projects. Australian Energy Market Operator. 26 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725122235/http://www.aemo.com.au/data/gendata_prop.shtml . 25 July 2011. dmy-all.
  12. News: Crows Nest wind farm to go ahead . Stuart Cumming . 28 June 2011 . 2 February 2011 . The Toowoomba Chronicle. Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd .
  13. Web site: Construction starts on Australia's largest wind farm. South Burnett Times. en. 2019-06-30.
  14. Web site: Development Pipeline. Infigen Energy. 5 June 2017.
  15. Web site: Infigen waiting on outcome of Ergon Energy renewable energy tender. North Queensland Register. 5 June 2017.
  16. Web site: Forest Wind. Forest Wind. en-US . 2019-12-22.
  17. Web site: Massive 1,200MW Wide Bay wind farm gets kick start from state government. Mazengarb. Michael . 2019-12-19. RenewEconomy . en-AU. 2019-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222232838/https://reneweconomy.com.au/massive-1200mw-wide-bay-wind-farm-gets-kick-start-from-state-government-67537/ . 22 December 2019 . live.
  18. Web site: Job-generating Wide Bay wind farm proposal gaining momentum - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. statements.qld.gov.au . en-AU. 2019-12-22.
  19. Web site: Johannesen. Terry . High Road Wind Farm. Transfield Services. 26 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328050637/http://www.windfarms.net.au/html/development_portfolio/high_road.php . 28 March 2012. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Transfield Services adds to its wind farm development portfolio. Transfield Services. 26 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928194438/http://www.transfieldservices.com/page/News_Centre/News/2009/Transfield_Services_adds_to_its_wind_farm_development_portfolio/ . 28 September 2011. dmy-all.
  21. Web site: 150MW Kidston Wind Project. Genex Power. en . 2018-07-27.
  22. Web site: Kidston Stage 3 Wind Project Update. Australian Financial Review. en . 2022-12-09.
  23. Web site: MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet. 28 December 2021. Acciona.
  24. Web site: MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet.
  25. Web site: lakeland-wind-farm. lakeland-wind-farm. en . 2019-08-09.
  26. Web site: Queensland shortlists 10 big renewable and storage projects for CleanCo contracts. Parkinson. Giles . 2019-07-23. RenewEconomy. en-AU. 2019-08-09.
  27. Web site: Windlab making headway on Lakeland development. 2019-06-17 . Industry Queensland. en. 2019-08-09.
  28. Web site: Banana Range Wind Farm. Banana Range Wind Farm. en-US . 2022-12-09.
  29. Web site: Kingaroy Wind Farm Plans Unveiled. 2019-05-09. southburnett.com.au . 2019-08-19.
  30. Web site: AUSTRALIA ENERGY WINDFARM. auswindfarm.com . 2019-08-19.

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