The Queensland government will legislate to have 80% of its energy supply coming from renewables by 2035, and will fund the transformation partly with coal royalties.
The company behind the 1,000 kilometre-long, $1.5 billion proposed CopperString transmission line today announced it has signed an implementation agreement with the Queensland government.
Just days after Victoria flagged another renewables auction, Queensland's Palaszczuk government has pledged to establish a new $500 million clean energy fund.
The Queensland government will provide $145 million to support the coordinated development of wind, solar and hydrogen projects in the state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today.
State government actions over the last six months, particularly in NSW, have significantly strengthened investor confidence, according to a new survey by the Clean Energy Council.
In an EPBC decision that demonstrates impacts on bushfire-affected threatened species will receive close scrutiny, a proposed Epuron wind farm has been declared "clearly unacceptable".