Final turbine goes up at huge Queensland wind farm, but two projects remain stuck in state planning purgatory

The last of 83 turbines has been installed across a two-stage wind farm in Queensland’s Western Downs region, where the half-gigawatt project is now ready to generate enough renewable energy to supply around 312,000 homes.

Located near the town of Jandowae, roughly 200 km northwest of Brisbane, the 506 megawatt (MW) Wambo Wind Farm is one of the biggest to be built in Queensland – and at one point boasted the tallest turbines in Australia, with a tip height of 247 metres.

The first 252 MW stage of Wambo saw its first turbine erected back at the end of 2024 and began operations in late 2025, reaching full output earlier this year in March. The final turbine of the wind farm’s 254 MW second stage was delivered in April and all 41 stage 2 turbines are now fully installed.

The wind farm is a joint venture between the government owned Stanwell Corp and Cubico Sustainable Investments, the latter of which has had the development of two other wind projects in the state – Marmadua and Middle Creek – halted by “call-ins” by the LNP government’s planning minister.

Renew Economy has asked Cubico for an update on the progress of the two projects – which were called in more than a year ago.

The construction milestone for Wambo was announced this week by Danish wind giant Vestas, which has supplied the project’s 83 turbines.

“With the installation of all 83 Vestas EnVentus V162-6.2 MW wind turbines now complete across Stage 1 (42 turbines) and Stage 2 (41 turbines), Wambo Wind Farm marks a significant contribution to Queensland’s renewable energy transition,” the LinkedIn post says.

“This achievement is a testament to the commitment, collaboration and safety culture of our teams and partners, who have kept safety at the centre of every lift, installation and site activity.”

The occasion of the “final blades installed on the final turbine” for the project was also marked on LinkedIn by contractor Aurora Energy Services Australia, which said in a separate post that it had finished the second stage of the project “on a high.”

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“The team has been awarded a Golden Turbine for building and delivering multiple Vestas towers with zero punch-list items – recognition of the quality, attention to detail and standards maintained on site,” the post says.

“It’s a fitting way to round off a project that has been about much more than installation. The feedback from site speaks to a team that has worked safely, supported one another and taken real pride in the job.”

The project hit the news in May of 2025 after a truck carrying one of its oversized turbine parts became stuck under a bridge on the way to the site. 

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