The Boulder Creek Wind Farm is a proposed 450-megawatt (MW) Wind Farm located 40 kilometres south-west of Rockhampton, Central Queensland. The full scope of the project includes construction of 75 wind turbines and supporting infrastructure.
The project is being delivered across two stages, including:
- Stage One: 38 turbines producing 228 MW of generation, and
- Stage Two: 37 turbines producing 222 MW of generation.
The project is being developed by Aula Energy, owned by Macquarie Asset Management.
Key Dates
| Nov 2024 | Construction Commencement |
| Dec 2026 | Expected Construction Completion |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Aula Energy |
| Successful Tenderer: | RES Energy |
| Procurement note: | The project is being developed by Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group. The project's development rights were sold by Ark Energy in November 2022. |
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PROJECT HISTORY
| Oct 2021 | The Queensland Government granted planning approvals for the project. |
| Jun 2022 | The Federal Government granted development approvals for the construction of the Boulder Creek Wind Farm. |
| Nov 2022 | The project's development rights were sold by Ark Energy to the Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group. |
| Apr 2023 | The project's Environmental Offset Strategy was released. |
| Jun 2023 | The Federal Government approved the project's Environmental Offset Strategy. |
| Oct 2023 | The Queensland Government announced that the state-owned corporation CS Energy has taken a 50 per cent stake in the project. |
| Mar 2024 | The Early Works Contract for the project was awarded to DT Infrastructure. |
| Sep 2024 | Aula Energy announced construction would commence on the project in November, and confirmed several contract awards. RES was confirmed as the successful engineering and procurement contractor, with GE Vernova contracted to supply and install the wind turbines. DT Infrastructure would oversee early works, including roads, hardstands, foundations and onsite power assets. Powerlink Queensland would provide the grid connections to the National Electricity Market. Aula Energy also announced CS Energy had acquired a 50 per cent stake in the project and signed a Power Purchase Agreement to take 100 per cent of the projects generation capacity. |
| Oct 2024 | Ark Energy confirmed the project's total size had increased from 60 turbines producing 372 megawatts of generation to 75 turbines producing 450 megawatts of generation. |
| Nov 2024 | Construction commenced on the project. |
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
Queensland |
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