List of wind farms in Queensland
Appearance
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
[edit]Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Date | Notes |
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Coopers Gap[1][2][3] | AGL Energy | 26°33′S 151°20′E / 26.55°S 151.33°E | 453 | 2020 | $850 million investment,[4] 123 turbines |
Dulacca Wind Farm | Octopus Investments | 26°48′S 150°16′E / 26.80°S 150.27°E | 181 | 2023 | $450 million investment, 43 turbines |
Mount Emerald Wind Farm[5] | RATCH-Australia Port Bajool |
17°12′S 145°24′E / 17.2°S 145.4°E | 180 | 2018 | $400 million investment, 53 turbines |
Windy Hill Wind Farm | Built by Stanwell Corporation, now owned by RATCH-Australia | 17°35′32″S 145°31′50″E / 17.5922°S 145.5306°E | 12 | 2000 | $20 million investment, 20 turbines |
Kaban Green Power hub | Neoen | 17°04′S 146°45′E / 17.06°S 146.75°E | 156 | 2023 | Combined with 100 MW battery[6] |
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 1[7][8] | Windlab | 21°S 145°E / 21°S 145°E | 43 | 2021 | Combined with 15 MW solar power and 2 MW / 4 MWh Battery. |
Projects
[edit]Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | Notes |
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Archer Point Wind Farm | Wind Power Queensland | 15°35′S 145°19′E / 15.58°S 145.31°E | 120 | Feasibility | |
Clarke Creek Wind Farm[9][10] | Lacour | 22°46′S 149°32′E / 22.77°S 149.53°E | 800 | Feasibility | Up to 195 turbines |
Crediton Wind Farm[11] | Transfield Services | 21°12′54″S 148°32′24″E / 21.215°S 148.540°E | 40 | Proposed | |
Crows Nest Wind Farm[12] | AGL Energy | 27°13′51″S 151°57′35″E / 27.230916°S 151.959666°E | 200 | Cancelled | $270 million investment, 40 turbines. Cancelled by AGL.[13] |
Forsayth Wind Farm[14][15] | Infigen Energy | 18°35′13″S 143°44′45″E / 18.58694°S 143.74583°E | 75 | Planning approved | $250 million investment, 30 turbines |
Forest Wind[16][17][18] | CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services | 25°46′34″S 152°47′42″E / 25.776°S 152.795°E | 1200 | Planning approved | $2 billion investment, up to 226 turbines[16] |
High Road Wind Farm[19] | Transfield Services | 17°29′32″S 145°28′34″E / 17.4923°S 145.4761°E | 50[20] | Planning approved | $90 million investment, 17 turbines |
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 2[7] | Windlab | 21°S 145°E / 21°S 145°E | 43 | Feasibility | Over $1.5 billion to construct, up to 300 wind turbines. |
Kidston Wind Project[21] | Genex Power | 18°53′06″S 144°08′38″E / 18.885°S 144.144°E | 258 | Feasibility | Expanded to 258MW in November 2022 [22] |
North Stradbroke Island | Stanwell Corporation | 27°33′18″S 153°27′36″E / 27.555°S 153.460°E | 15 | Proposed | |
Windy Hill Wind Farm Stage 2 | Proposed by Transfield Services | 17°35′32″S 145°31′50″E / 17.5922°S 145.5306°E | 12 | Cancelled | |
MacIntyre Wind Farm | Acciona & CleanCo | 28°20′20″S 151°30′25″E / 28.339°S 151.507°E | 1026[23] | Commissioned | Located in Cement Mills |
MacIntyre Wind Farm Herries Range | Acciona | 29°46′34″S 153°54′22″E / 29.776°S 153.906°E | 1000[24] | ||
Lakeland Wind Farm | Windlab | 100 | Planning approved | [25][26][27] | |
Banana Range Wind Farm | Lacour | 24°32′00″S 150°18′57″E / 24.5333°S 150.3158°E | 230 | Planning approved | Construction start expected Q1 2024[28] |
Kingaroy Wind Farm | Australia Energy Windfarm | 57.12 | Feasibility | [29][30] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Green, Glenis (14 August 2008). "South Burnett poised to host power generator giant". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ "AGL's $14m windfarm tilt". Business Day. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Coopers Gap Wind Farm". AGL. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Coopers Gap Wind Farm".
- ^ "Wind Farm Development at Mt Emerald". AZoCleantech. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ webk. "Kaban Green Power Hub". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Kennedy Wind Farm". windlab. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ Vorrath, Sophie (12 March 2020). "Windlab extends truce with contractors in Kennedy Energy Park dispute". RenewEconomy.
- ^ "The Project". Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm project. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Billion-dollar wind farm approved in central Queensland". ABC News. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "AEMO Proposed Generation Projects". Australian Energy Market Operator. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ Stuart Cumming (2 February 2011). "Crows Nest wind farm to go ahead". The Toowoomba Chronicle. Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Construction starts on Australia's largest wind farm". South Burnett Times. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Development Pipeline". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Infigen waiting on outcome of Ergon Energy renewable energy tender". North Queensland Register. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Forest Wind". Forest Wind. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Mazengarb, Michael (19 December 2019). "Massive 1,200MW Wide Bay wind farm gets kick start from state government". RenewEconomy. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Job-generating Wide Bay wind farm proposal gaining momentum - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory". statements.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Johannesen, Terry. "High Road Wind Farm". Transfield Services. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Transfield Services adds to its wind farm development portfolio". Transfield Services. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "150MW Kidston Wind Project". Genex Power. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Kidston Stage 3 Wind Project Update" (PDF). Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet" (PDF). Acciona. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet".
- ^ "lakeland-wind-farm". lakeland-wind-farm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Parkinson, Giles (23 July 2019). "Queensland shortlists 10 big renewable and storage projects for CleanCo contracts". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Windlab making headway on Lakeland development". Industry Queensland. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Banana Range Wind Farm". Banana Range Wind Farm. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Kingaroy Wind Farm Plans Unveiled". southburnett.com.au. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "AUSTRALIA ENERGY WINDFARM". auswindfarm.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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