"Federal environmental laws ‘single biggest challenge’ for delivering renewable energy projects in Australia

By national regional affairs reporter Jane Norman

In far north Queensland, traditional owners, clean energy developers and conservationists had spent three long years sweating on this decision.

Depending on which side you believed, this development would either supply 150,000 homes with clean, green energy or destroy the forest habitat of threatened native species.

Late on Friday, the wait was finally over.

An email from Ark Energy landed in inboxes, announcing the company had “withdrawn the Wooroora Station Wind Farm proposal from the federal environmental assessment process.”

In other words, the proposed project was dead.

The Korean-owned developer had planned to clear more than 500 hectares of native vegetation next to the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, home to animals including the koala and magnificent brood frog."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/environmental-laws-biggest-challenge-for-...


Chalumbin Wind Farm

"Proposed wind farm on Jirrbal Country a concern for some

Aleisha Orr – January 7, 2022

A proposal for a wind farm in North Queensland has raised concerns for some Jirrbal people who say the project does not respect the land and threatens native species.

The Chalumbin Wind Farm project would see wind farm developer Epuron construct 94 wind turbines and clear 1,132 ha of land near the town of Ravenshoe.

A number of online petitions to the project have been created which list concerns about the impact of a wind farm on vulnerable and endangered species including the northern greater glider, red goshawk and the magnificent brood frog.

Jirrbal woman Georgina Wieden told a community meeting in December the Country needs to be protected.

“My daughter she is a sugar glider, that is her totem, my son is a goanna, how do I explain that their animals don’t have homes anymore because we needed electricity.” "

https://nit.com.au/07-01-2022/2656/proposed-wind-farm-on-jirrbal-country-a-conce...