How many Australian wind farms does Vestas own?

Late last week, Ark Energy announced it had handed over its 272-megawatt (MW) St Patricks Plains wind project in Tasmania to Vestas Development Australia.

Vestas is a familiar name in the development and operation of Australian wind farms, but less familiar in the ownership of these assets, which begs the question: how many local wind farms does the Danish wind giant fully own?

Another asset owned by Vestas Development Australia is the 252MW Captains Mountain wind farm in Queensland – a planned 35-turbine site located near the Millmerran coal-fired power plant. This asset continues to navigate the EPBC Act assessment process.

Inclusive of St Patricks Plains and Captains Mountain, Vestas Development Australia is progressing a 13-gigawatt (GW) pipeline of development projects, including the Winterbourne (NSW), Piambong (NSW), and Tara (QLD) projects, which sit under early-development agreements.

The 2500MW Abercrombie wind farm represents another key asset in Vestas’ Australian development portfolio, consisting of up to 348 turbines in mostly private agricultural land nearby Hay, NSW.

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Vestas Development Australia was actively involved in the development of the 285MW Lotus Creek wind project in central Queensland, which is now owned by CS Energy, which acquired the asset from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in August 2024.

Vestas’ Australian arm briefly owned Lotus Creek in 2022 before it was offloaded to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Interestingly, Lotus Creek was owned by Ark Energy before that, the divestor of St Patricks Plains.

Following eight years of planning and environmental approvals, construction of St Patricks Plains is slated for next year. This follows approval from the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in September 2025 and federal approval in December 2025.

Ark Energy’s general manager – development for Tasmania Donna Bolton said Vestas was well suited to take St Patricks Plains into its next phase.

“Vestas has a deep relationship with Tasmania and we are confident it will be a good neighbour and deliver meaningful benefits to the local community and wider region as the project moves forward to construction,” she said.