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WestWind unveils plan for massive 1.5GW wind farm in Sunshine State
The originator of the largest onshore wind farm currently being developed in Australia, the 1.3GW Golden Plains project in Victoria, has unveiled plans to go bigger again and build a 1.5GW wind farm in northern Queensland. WestWind Energy says it is preparing planning and environmental applications for the newly announced Cameron Downs Energy Park, proposed for development south of Hughenden in Queensland’s Flinders Shire. The early stage planfor the project is to install up to 200 turbines, with a height of 280 metres from ground to tip, on a site area of around 32,000 hectares. A project fact sheet says the ... (full story)