Queensland LNP Pulls Plug on 226-Turbine Wind Farm Amid Renewables Policy Shift

A 226-turbine wind farm project in Queensland’s Wide Bay region north of Brisbane has been scrapped almost a decade after it was first planned.

Clouds can be seen above power-generating wind turbines at the Capital Wind Farm, located at Lake George, near the town of Bungendore, Australia, on March 25, 2025. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

The Queensland LNP government has scrapped another major renewable project, this time a massive wind farm in the state’s Wide Bay region north of Brisbane.

In a statement issued on Sept. 1, Minister for Infrastructure Jarrod Bleijie said there had been widespread community concern around the Forest Wind Farm Development Act 2020.