The Queensland-focused developer appears to be unperturbed by that development, or the announcement of a new energy roadmap, and said it has bought the 166 MW Stony Creek project with the accompanying battery which it is also developing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Greenleaf is the developer on the project, which it sold to Spanish company Enerfin in 2023. Norway\u2019s Statkraft bought Enerfin and put some of its global assets up for sale in early 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The project is 11km west of Biggenden in Queensland\u2019s North Burnett region and inland from Hervey Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It secured state development and federal environment approvals in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cStony Creek has always been an important project for Greenleaf,\u201d said Greenleaf\u2019s Chris Righetti.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegaining full ownership allows us to progress it with renewed focus and a long-term view that aligns with our commitment to regional partnerships, responsible development, and local economic opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Righetti says they\u2019re focusing on \u201cfostering the relations we\u2019ve already built\u201d and working on the power line approvals needed to connect the project to the Powerlink network 23km to the northeast.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the developer made a point of saying that Stony Creek \u201chas been well-received by the surrounding community\u201d since the project was first proposed in 2022.<\/p>\n
The reason given by Queensland deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie for cancelling the Moonlight Range project was that too many locals opposed it and claimed there was a lack of community consultation, and work on environmental impacts and bushfire risk.<\/p>\n
The decision was called \u201chighly political\u201d<\/a> by industry and \u201cdeeply disheartening\u201d <\/a>by the landowner.<\/p>\n Stony Creek is currently the only fully approved project in the Greenleaf Renewables portfolio, making it the only one with a possibility of making it through to completion. <\/p>\n Righetti told Renew Economy they\u2019re positive about the prospects for renewables in Queensland and this project in particular. He says they\u2019re still working through what the state\u2019s new energy strategy might do to the feasibility of renewables.<\/p>\n But that still may not be enough to make it feasible to develop, given the number of projects already under construction or in commissioning in the state now which energy minister David Janetzki is factoring into the state\u2019s future energy needs. <\/p>\n
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