Kennedy Energy Park is a wind, solar and storage hybrid power station approximately 20 km south east of
Hughenden and 290 km southwest of
Townsville
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Stage one of the project is a “
proof-of-concept” commenced construction 2018, consisting of 30 MW of
wind turbine
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s, 20 MW of single axis
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, and 2 MW of
Li ion battery storage, costing $120 million to build was commissioned in 2023.
It was constructed in 2018 but did not start to connect to the
grid
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until July 2021. It is intended that the combination of solar and wind generation will be complementary and lead to stable output.
Stage two is proposed to be capable of producing 1200 MW of
renewable energy
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, costing $2 billion and was hoped to commence construction before the end of 2020.
See also
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Wind power in Australia
Wind power is one of the main renewable energy sources in Australia contributing 10% of Australia's total electricity supply in 2020, and making up 37.5% of it's renewable energy supply. Wind resource testing conditions in Australia are optim ...
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Renewable energy in Australia
Renewable energy in Australia includes wind power, hydroelectricity, solar PV, heat pumps, geothermal, wave and solar thermal energy.
In 2021, Australia produced 74,679 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy, which accounted for 32.5% of electri ...
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List of wind farms in Queensland
This is a list of wind farms in Queensland, Australia. To be included on the list a wind farm must have a capacity of 10 MW or greater.
As of 2022, Queensland has 3 operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of about 645 MW.
Operat ...
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Wind farms in Queensland
Solar power stations in Queensland
Shire of Flinders (Queensland)
Energy infrastructure completed in 2023
2023 establishments in Australia