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  • Plans for one of Australia’s biggest new gas plants sail through EPBC queue in just over two weeks
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    Plans for one of Australia’s biggest new gas plants sail through EPBC queue in just over two weeks

    As wind generation proposals get stuck in EPBC limbo, plans for what could be the biggest new gas plant in Australia have been given the all-clear in just weeks.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Aug 11, 2026
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  • Developer pitches huge 1 gigawatt new wind project for Queensland’s north
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    Developer pitches huge 1 gigawatt new wind project for Queensland’s north

    Developer unveils its second giga-scale renewable energy project proposal this week, with the website launch of a wind farm proposed for north Queensland. 
    Rachel Williamson
    Jun 19, 2026
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  • Plans for Australia’s biggest wind farm scaled back, with solar and big battery added to create huge hybrid
    Renewables

    Plans for Australia’s biggest wind farm scaled back, with solar and big battery added to create huge hybrid

    Plans that started as an up to 5 GW wind farm have morphed into a 1.35 GW hybrid heavyweight combining wind, solar and battery storage next to a major new transmission line.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Jun 15, 2026
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  • Developer dumps 166-turbine wind project proposed for Queensland’s Whitsunday region
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    Developer dumps 166-turbine wind project proposed for Queensland’s Whitsunday region

    The 900MW project made it almost all the way through the federal environmental assessment process, but pulled up stumps before seeking state planning permits.
    Rachel Williamson
    Feb 23, 2026
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  • Man dies in met-mast accident at site of massive Queensland wind project
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    Man dies in met-mast accident at site of massive Queensland wind project

    A wind farm worker has been killed in a fall that is understood to involve the collapse of a meteorological mast installed at the site.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Apr 26, 2024
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  • Wind farm proposed near coal plant embroiled in CCS controversy
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    Wind farm proposed near coal plant embroiled in CCS controversy

    Plans unveiled to build 300MW wind farm next to coal plant in south-west Queensland.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Apr 2, 2024
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