Collinsville Green Energy Hub Newsletter - February 2026
Wishing Brooke and family the best! Brooke Gordon joined Ark Energy in 2024 as the Collinsville Green Energy Hub's Community Officer and has been a ray of sunshine, helping with…
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Wishing Brooke and family the best! Brooke Gordon joined Ark Energy in 2024 as the Collinsville Green Energy Hub's Community Officer and has been a ray of sunshine, helping with…
Report shows renewables contribution in Queensland The Queensland Renewable Energy Council (QREC) has published an inaugural 'Renewable Industry Economic and Social Value Report' providing the first evidence-based snapshot of the…
Consultation sessions Community consultation sessions for the proposal were held in August 2025. The project team thanks everyone who attended, and for the insights shared and feedback received. The materials…
Consultation session Local residents and community members joined the project team at the information centre in May for an update on work done to date and next steps. Ark Energy…
Spotlight on good community engagement Ark Energy is a signatory to the Clean Energy Council's (CEC) Best Practice Charter for Renewable Energy Projects, a voluntary set of commitments to engage…
Proposed site layout After multiple years of technical studies, on-site surveys and stakeholder consultation the proposed site layout has undergone several design iterations. Over the past months the project team…
Information session in Collinsville A community consultation session for the Collinsville Green Energy Hub was held on Saturday 24 May at the project's local information centre in Collinsville.Interested local residents…
Students put their hydrogen race cars to the test Ark Energy was thrilled to sponsor two student teams for Horizon Educational’s 2025 Hydrogen Grand Prix PRO series, and cheer them…
Project design After almost three years of stakeholder engagement and preliminary studies the project design has undergone 38 iterations and the proposed layout consists of 268 wind turbines, a battery…
Teams test their cars for the 2025 H2GP PRO! Horizon Educational’s Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP) PRO is a program for high school students that challenges teams to design, engineer, build…
Projects listed on inaugural priority list Three of Ark Energy's development projects have been named in the Australian Government's first National Renewable Energy Priority List:Richmond Valley Solar & BESS in…
Project update Over the past few months work has continued for wind resource monitoring, technical studies and environmental surveys. Two meteorological masts – also called met masts - have been…
Project update Over the past few months work has continued for wind resource monitoring, cultural heritage studies with the Traditional Owners, the Barada Kabalbara Yetimarala People, and on site surveys…
Ark Energy has joined the Energy Charter as a #BetterTogether collaborator.The Energy Charter is a not-for-profit, CEO-led coalition of energy industry organisations united by a purpose to deliver for customers…
First 27 wind turbines connected to the grid The first 27 wind turbines at MacIntyre Wind Farm in south-west Queensland were connected and started generating electricity this week. Over the…
Construction to commence next month Construction of the Boulder Creek Wind Farm will commence in November after the project reached financial close on 27 September.Located in central Queensland, about 40…
Ark Energy Family Fun Day Ark Energy was proud to support the 2024 Great Barrier Reef Festival as major sponsor of the festival's Family Fun Day.Held in Airlie Beach, the…
Future engineers race in H2GP 2024 Horizon Educational’s Hydrogen Grand Prix PRO program is a STEAM-based program for high school students where they design, build and race remote-controlled hydrogen fuel…
Project update Work currently underway includes wind resource monitoring, cultural heritage and ecology surveys, technical studies and consultation. As more information becomes available the design is being refined and modified.…
Project withdrawn from federal assessment process 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…