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 MW or greater.
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As of 2022, Queensland has 3 operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of about 645 MW.
Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Date | Notes |
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Mount Emerald Wind Farm[1] | RATCH-Australia Port Bajool |
17.2°S 145.4°E / -17.2; 145.4 | 180 | 2018 | $400 million investment, 53 Turbines |
Windy Hill Wind Farm | Built by Stanwell Corporation, now owned by RATCH-Australia | 17.5922°S 145.5306°E / -17.5922; 145.5306 | 12 | 2000 | $20 million investment, 20 turbines |
Coopers Gap[2][3][4] | AGL Energy | 26.55°S 151.33°E / -26.55; 151.33 | 453 | 2020 | $850 million investment,[5] 123 turbines |
Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | Notes |
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Archer Point Wind Farm | Wind Power Queensland | 15.58°S 145.31°E / -15.58; 145.31 | 120 | Feasibility | |
Clarke Creek Wind Farm[6][7] | Lacour | 22.77°S 149.53°E / -22.77; 149.53 | 800 | Feasibility | Up to 195 Turbines |
Crediton Wind Farm[8] | Transfield Services | 21.215°S 148.540°E / -21.215; 148.540 | 40 | Proposed | |
Crows Nest Wind Farm[9] | AGL Energy | 27.230916°S 151.959666°E / -27.230916; 151.959666 | 200 | Cancelled | $270 million investment, 40 turbines. Cancelled by AGL.[10] |
Forsayth Wind Farm[11][12] | Infigen Energy | 18°35′13″S 143°44′45″E | 75 | Planning approved | $250 million investment, 30 turbines |
Forest Wind[13][14][15] | CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services | 25.776°S 152.795°E / -25.776; 152.795 | 1200 | Feasibility | $2 billion investment, up to 226 turbines[13] |
High Road Wind Farm[16] | Transfield Services | 17.4923°S 145.4761°E / -17.4923; 145.4761 | 50[17] | Planning approved | $90 million investment, 17 turbines |
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 1[18][19] | Windlab | 21°S 145°E | 43 | Under construction | Combined with 15 MW solar power and 2 MW / 4 MWh Battery. |
Kennedy Energy Park Stage 2[18] | Windlab | 21°S 145°E | 43 | Feasibility | Over $1.5 billion to construct, up to 300 wind turbines. |
Kidston Wind Project[20] | Genex Power | 18.885°S 144.144°E / -18.885; 144.144 | 150 | Feasibility | 12–18 months of feasibility studies commencing Q2 2018 |
North Stradbroke Island | Stanwell Corporation | 27.555°S 153.460°E / -27.555; 153.460 | 15 | Proposed | |
Windy Hill Wind Farm Stage 2 | Proposed by Transfield Services | 17.5922°S 145.5306°E / -17.5922; 145.5306 | 12 | Cancelled | |
Kaban Green Power hub | Neoen | 17.06°S 146.75°E / -17.06; 146.75 | 130 | Under construction | Combined with 100 MW Battery.[21] |
MacIntyre Wind Farm | Acciona & CleanCo | 28.3399° S, 151.5073° E | 1026[22] | Planning approved | Located in Cement Mills, QLD |
Lakeland Wind Farm | Windlab | 100 | Planning approved | [23][24][25] | |
Dulacca Renewable Energy Project | RES | 240 | Planning approved | [26][27] | |
Banana Range Wind Farm | Lacour | 180 | Feasibility | [28] | |
Kingaroy Wind Farm | Australia Energy Windfarm | 57.12 | Feasibility | [29][30] |
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