AGL Energy has secured environmental approval for its proposed 460 megawatt Coopers Gap wind farm in southern Queensland, marking further progress for the state's largest wind farm project.
The energy producer and retailer said Environment Impact Statement approval from Queensland's Office of the Coordinator-General (OCG) will now be used by the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning to assess the company's development application for the project.
The project is likely to be developed through AGL's Powering Australia Renewables Fund (PARF), under which it is already developing two solar projects and another wind farm in NSW.
The Coopers Gap project has the potential to produce enough renewable energy to power 240,000 average homes and reduce carbon emissions by 1.1 million tonnes annually.
The wind farm is expected to be developed at a cost of $500 million and start operations in 2020.
