First nations group plans Australian wind farm with Danish developer

A group of first nations peoples in Australia is partnering with a Danish developer European Energy to build a 250MW onshore wind project on their ancestral land in Queensland, Australia. 

The First Nations Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Taribelang Bunda People Development Corporation (FNBGGGTB Development Corporation) plan to work with European Energy on the project in the Gladstone region on Queensland’s Pacific coast in north-east Australia. 

The FNBGGGTB Development Corporation is a developer that promotes first nations peoples’ economic prosperity in the Port Curtis Coral Coast region of Queensland. 

The region includes traditional territories covering around 19,583km2 of land and 26,636 km2 of marine territory, the corporation said.

The FNBGGGTB Development Corporation and European Energy had worked for nine months prior to today’s (4 December) announcement on early project development. It  remains subject to outstanding feasibility studies.