The Queensland government has committed $47million to upgrading existing transmission lines to open up infrastructure development for the North Queensland Renewable Project.
This will enable Neoen, a French renewable energy company, to forge ahead with a three hundred and seventy three million dollar, one hundred and fifty seven megawatt Kaban wind farm, creating 250 jobs for locals.
Aside from jobs and security, Queensland Assistant Tourism Minister and Member for Cairns, Michael Healy, says this investment will “safeguard the Far North’s electricity supply from Queensland’s harshest cyclone conditions”.