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🔈IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 🔈 - Ark Energy has withdrawn the Wooroora Station Wind Farm proposal from the federal environmen...
20/04/2024

🔈IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 🔈 - Ark Energy has withdrawn the Wooroora Station Wind Farm proposal from the federal environmental assessment process.

The proposal was referred to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) for review under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in July 2021 and had been in the federal environmental assessment process for almost three years. Over that time it had been granted development consent by the Queensland Government, gone through two major redesigns to reduce environmental impacts and DCCEEW had extended the due date for its decision five times, the latest extending the date to 25 June 2024.

According to project lead and Acting General Manager Development Queensland Damian Vermey, while Ark Energy had made every effort to minimise environmental impacts including industry-leading environmental commitments, indications from DCCEEW were that ultimately it might not be approved.

“After consideration we decided to withdraw the referral. A massive effort was made over many years to evolve a proposal that we believed offered significant benefits and environmental net gains, but we acknowledge others may have a different view and struggle to trust our vision for a nature positive project," he said.

“We remain proud of all the work that was done to minimise environmental impacts as well as the proposal's industry-leading commitments to provide conservation benefits, net positive environmental outcomes, and meaningful benefits for the Traditional Owners and local community.

“We appreciate this outcome is also disappointing for all those supporters who were looking forward to the project, including the Traditional Owners, community members and local businesses.

“We sincerely thank the many stakeholders we have worked with over the course of this project, including environment organisations that helped guide design improvements, and of course all those who showed support for the project.”

More info here: https://arkenergy.com.au/news/2024/4/19/384-ark-energy-withdraws-project/

26/01/2024

Owner of Dempsey Cranes and Construction, Chris Dempsey, expresses his views about the advantages the Wooroora Station Wind Farm will provide for the locals of Ravenshoe. Keeping locals employed and creating a stepping stone for the next generation workforce is a major part of the windfarm project.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

24/01/2024

Scott Whitson, owner of W.W. Group, is a proud local and a strong supporter of the Wooroora Station Wind Farm project. Scott is thrilled to see something so positive for the locals finally taking place and describes how the construction of the wind farm will bring together the community in many and varied ways.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

22/01/2024

John Kidner from Kidner Contracting in Ravenshoe is a well known local, his family are the largest private employer in Ravenshoe. He says the extra money the Wooroora Station Wind Farm will bring to the local community will benefit everyone immensely. From the transport business to hospitality businesses, John sees this as a foundation for many other things to positively impact the town and the wider FNQ region. He is calling on the Federal Government to approve the project so work can get started.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

19/01/2024

While the Wooroora Station Wind Farm creates more jobs and employment opportunities, it also creates an overflow effect and brings in more money to the town of Ravenshoe as Gavin Wright from Wright Project Services talks about. Gavin is a big supporter of the wind farm development and sees this as a once in a lifetime opportunity for the surrounding communities also. He says it's projects like the Wooroora Station Wind Farm that keeps communities alive and thriving.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

17/01/2024

Elaine Durham, proud owner of the Kool Moon Motel is showing her overwhelming support for the Wooroora Station Wind Farm as she sees it bringing in more people, including workers to the local town of Ravenshoe which will support the town's economic growth. Elaine very openly shares that the community has been jobless for the younger generation for many decades now. She says if the wind farm project goes ahead it will help astronomically.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

15/01/2024

Cirsty Kidner Bonadio, owner of Bono's Excavations in Atherton, discusses the necessity of the Wooroora Station Wind Farm's development in order to enable community growth. Cirsty emphasises that the surrounding communities' growth will be negatively impacted if this project is not delivered.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

13/01/2024

Cr Kevin Cardew, the Deputy Mayor of the Tablelands Regional Council points to the fact that the Wooroora Station Wind Farm project is a win-win for everyone and gets his approval going forward as we strive for a zero emissions future. Cr Cardew says that the wind farm project will create a mind-blowing amount of employment opportunities for the Jirrbal people and local businesses alike.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

11/01/2024

Blake Kidner of Kidner Contracting is one of many proud business owners in the Ravenshoe area supporting the Wooroora Station Wind Farm. Blake discusses the ways in which the wind farm project will benefit his business and the wider FNQ community by creating jobs and ensuring job stability.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

09/01/2024

Vivienne Woods is a Jirrbal Traditional Owner and she says an overwhelming YES to the Wooroora Station Wind Farm!
Delivering this exciting world-leading renewable energy project has been rewarding as we have had the great pleasure of working with TOs such as Vivienne who have intimate knowledge of the site. Reaching Net Zero by 2050 is something we all need to aspire to and together with the Jirrbal people we are doing our bit to achieve a sustainable clean energy future that boasts many nature-positive benefits.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

20/12/2023

It is our great pleasure to work alongside the Jirrbal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Wooroora Station Wind Farm will be built. Together we look forward to delivering this generationally significant project for the people of Ravenshoe that will provide clean energy and many economic, social, employment and environmental benefits for today and future generations to come.



Tanya Plibersek Linda Burney Madeleine King MP

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Ravenshoe, QLD
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