CleanCo has struck a major agreement with the Scentre Group, to provide renewable energy for its Westfield shopping centres across Queensland.
Renewable electricity will be provided for Scentre Group primarily from the Western Downs Green Power Hub, Kaban Green Power Hub, and the Dulacca Wind Farm, where CleanCo has power purchase agreements in place.
The Western Downs Green Power Hub is a large solar farm project located 22km south-east of Chinchilla which will produce 400MW of renewable energy. CleanCo Queensland has a Power Purchase Agreement for 320MW of the energy produced at the solar farm.
Kaban Green Power Hub is the first wind farm for the Northern Queensland Renewable Energy Zone located near Ravenshoe in far north Queensland. CleanCo Queensland has a Capacity Purchase Agreement for 100 percent of energy produced at the 157MW wind farm.
Located just east of Dulacca in Queensland’s Western Downs region, the Dulacca wind farm will generate 180MW. CleanCo has an agreement to purchase 126MW or 70 per cent of the renewable energy generated by the wind farm.
The announcement follows a similarly large deal struck by CleanCo with Australian retail giant Wesfarmers in March, to provide renewable energy to Kmart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks.
CleanCo CEO Tom Metcalfe said the company was proud to be supporting Scentre Group to achieve its net zero aspirations.
“Agreements like this one with Scentre Group underpin our own target of bringing 1,400MW of new renewable energy into the market by 2025, while supporting the Queensland Government’s 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030 target.
“This agreement is a win for Queensland, a win for Westfield centres and a win for the environment.”