Greenleaf turns attention to another of its proposed Queensland wind farms
Published Date : 2025-September-11, Thursday
Greenleaf Renewables is moving past the disappointment of
its Moonlight Range Wind Farm development approval being refused by the
Queensland state government and is concentrating on development of a new
project.
Greenleaf is progressing its Jib Creek Wind Farm located in Dunmore, approximately 35km north-west of Millmerran and 35km southwest of Cecil Plains within the Toowoomba Regional Council LGA.
It's anticipated the project will consist of approximately up to 90 wind turbines for a maximum capacity of up to 500 MW and a Battery Energy Storage System (subject to layout design and approvals), developed on freehold land and connecting into the existing Powerlink 330kV powerline located 300m from the project site.
Moonlight Range, being developed in partnership with Brookfield, was rejected by the state government in May this year after new, more onerous state planning laws were introduced via the Planning (Wind Farms) Amendment Regulation 2025.
Although “extremely disappointed by the outcome”, at least Greenleaf will now have a clear idea of the planning hoops it needs to jump through to meet state government requirements, barring any new retrospective changes made to the process.
A Greenleaf Renewables spokesperson told AltEnergy:
“We have an existing portfolio of projects in Queensland,
comprising both advanced and early-stage developments. These projects were
secured and under development prior to receiving the Development Approval for
Moonlight Range in December 2024.
“While the Moonlight Range Wind Farm outcome was difficult to comprehend, it certainly hasn’t deterred us from progressing our other current projects in Queensland.
“We understand the recent and ongoing changes to Queensland’s development approval process and remain committed to ensuring our projects meet all state planning requirements while striving for best-practice standards for renewable energy developments and community and stakeholder engagement practices.”
The Planning (Wind Farms) Amendment Regulation 2025 issue flared again early this month when the Queensland LNP government declared it would repeal the previous government's Forest Wind Farm Development Act 2020, effectively blocking the proposed Forest Wind project near Maryborough in the Wide Bay region of Queensland.