List of wind farms in Queensland

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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.

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

Operational

Project nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity (MW) Date Notes
Coopers Gap [1] [2] [3] AGL Energy 26°33′S151°20′E / 26.55°S 151.33°E / -26.55; 151.33 4532020;
5 years ago		$850 million investment, [4] 123 turbines
Dulacca Wind Farm Octopus Investments 26°48′S150°16′E / 26.80°S 150.27°E / -26.80; 150.27 1812023;
2 years ago		$450 million investment, 43 turbines
Mount Emerald Wind Farm [5] RATCH-Australia
Port Bajool		 17°12′S145°24′E / 17.2°S 145.4°E / -17.2; 145.4 1802018;
7 years ago		$400 million investment, 53 turbines
Windy Hill Wind Farm Built by Stanwell Corporation, now owned by RATCH-Australia 17°35′32″S145°31′50″E / 17.5922°S 145.5306°E / -17.5922; 145.5306 122000;
25 years ago		$20 million investment, 20 turbines
Kaban Green Power hub Neoen 17°04′S146°45′E / 17.06°S 146.75°E / -17.06; 146.75 1562023Combined with 100 MW battery [6]
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 1 [7] [8] Windlab 21°S145°E / 21°S 145°E / -21; 145 432021Combined with 15 MW solar power and 2 MW / 4 MWh Battery.

Projects

Project nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity (MW)StatusNotes
Archer Point Wind Farm Wind Power Queensland 15°35′S145°19′E / 15.58°S 145.31°E / -15.58; 145.31 120Feasibility
Clarke Creek Wind Farm [9] [10] Lacour 22°46′S149°32′E / 22.77°S 149.53°E / -22.77; 149.53 to be confirmedUnder construction72 out of 100 turbines are complete as at February 2025. [11]
Crediton Wind Farm [12] Transfield Services 21°12′54″S148°32′24″E / 21.215°S 148.540°E / -21.215; 148.540 40Proposed
Crows Nest Wind Farm [13] AGL Energy 27°13′51″S151°57′35″E / 27.230916°S 151.959666°E / -27.230916; 151.959666 200Cancelled$270 million investment, 40 turbines. Cancelled by AGL. [14]
Forsayth Wind Farm [15] [16] Infigen Energy 18°35′13″S143°44′45″E / 18.58694°S 143.74583°E / -18.58694; 143.74583 75Planning approved$250 million investment, 30 turbines
Forest Wind [17] [18] [19] CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services 25°46′34″S152°47′42″E / 25.776°S 152.795°E / -25.776; 152.795 1200Planning approved$2 billion investment, up to 226 turbines [17]
High Road Wind Farm [20] Transfield Services 17°29′32″S145°28′34″E / 17.4923°S 145.4761°E / -17.4923; 145.4761 50 [21] Planning approved$90 million investment, 17 turbines
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 2 [7] Windlab 21°S145°E / 21°S 145°E / -21; 145 43FeasibilityOver $1.5 billion to construct, up to 300 wind turbines.
Kidston Wind Project [22] Genex Power 18°53′06″S144°08′38″E / 18.885°S 144.144°E / -18.885; 144.144 258FeasibilityExpanded to 258MW in November 2022 [23]
North Stradbroke Island Stanwell Corporation 27°33′18″S153°27′36″E / 27.555°S 153.460°E / -27.555; 153.460 15Proposed
Windy Hill Wind Farm Stage 2Proposed by Transfield Services 17°35′32″S145°31′50″E / 17.5922°S 145.5306°E / -17.5922; 145.5306 12Cancelled
MacIntyre Wind Farm Acciona & CleanCo 28°20′20″S151°30′25″E / 28.339°S 151.507°E / -28.339; 151.507 1026 [24] CommissionedLocated in Cement Mills
MacIntyre Wind Farm Herries Range Acciona 29°46′34″S153°54′22″E / 29.776°S 153.906°E / -29.776; 153.906 1000 [25]
Lakeland Wind FarmWindlab100Planning approved [26] [27] [28]
Banana Range Wind FarmLacour 24°32′00″S150°18′57″E / 24.5333°S 150.3158°E / -24.5333; 150.3158 230Planning approvedConstruction start expected Q1 2024 [29]
Kingaroy Wind FarmAustralia Energy Windfarm57.12Feasibility [30] [31]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Glenis (14 August 2008). "South Burnett poised to host power generator giant". The Courier-Mail .
  2. ↑ "AGL's $14m windfarm tilt". Business Day. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Coopers Gap Wind Farm". AGL. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Coopers Gap Wind Farm".
  5. ↑ "Wind Farm Development at Mt Emerald". AZoCleantech. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  6. ↑ webk. "Kaban Green Power Hub" . Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Kennedy Wind Farm". windlab. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Vorrath, Sophie (12 March 2020). "Windlab extends truce with contractors in Kennedy Energy Park dispute". RenewEconomy.
  9. ↑ "The Project". Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm project. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Billion-dollar wind farm approved in central Queensland". ABC News . 6 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Clarke CreekWind Farm: Project update" (PDF). Squadron Energy . February 2025. p. 1. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "AEMO Proposed Generation Projects". Australian Energy Market Operator. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  13. ↑ Stuart Cumming (2 February 2011). "Crows Nest wind farm to go ahead". The Toowoomba Chronicle . Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  14. ↑ "Construction starts on Australia's largest wind farm". South Burnett Times . Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Development Pipeline". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Infigen waiting on outcome of Ergon Energy renewable energy tender". North Queensland Register. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Forest Wind". Forest Wind. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "Job-generating Wide Bay wind farm proposal gaining momentum - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory". statements.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  20. ↑ Johannesen, Terry. "High Road Wind Farm". Transfield Services. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "Transfield Services adds to its wind farm development portfolio". Transfield Services. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  22. ↑ "150MW Kidston Wind Project". Genex Power . Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  23. ↑ "Kidston Stage 3 Wind Project Update" (PDF). Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  24. ↑ "MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet" (PDF). Acciona. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  25. ↑ "MacIntyre Find Farm Fact Sheet".
  26. ↑ "lakeland-wind-farm". lakeland-wind-farm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  27. ↑ Parkinson, Giles (23 July 2019). "Queensland shortlists 10 big renewable and storage projects for CleanCo contracts". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  28. ↑ "Windlab making headway on Lakeland development". Industry Queensland. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  29. ↑ "Banana Range Wind Farm". Banana Range Wind Farm. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  30. ↑ "Kingaroy Wind Farm Plans Unveiled". southburnett.com.au. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  31. ↑ "AUSTRALIA ENERGY WINDFARM". auswindfarm.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.


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