Fears Queensland is ‘closed for clean business’ as LNP cancels billion-dollar windfarm despite conditional approval
by Andrew Messenger from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XHJ4)
Green groups and industry warn axing of Moonlight Range Wind Farm project risks undermining confidence in renewables
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The Liberal National party's axing of a conditionally approved windfarm that could have powered hundreds of thousands of homes risks undermining confidence in the renewable energy sector in Queensland, green and industry groups have warned.
Planned for a site 40km north-west of Rockhampton, Greenleaf Renewables' $1bn Moonlight Range Wind Farm Project would have been able to power about 260,000 homes, using 88 260-metre turbines. It also included a grid-scale battery.
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