Irish company DP Energy is set to build a €900 million (A$1.5 billion) wind farm in Australia, a project that has recently been approved by the Australian government.DP Energy, headquartered in Batevent, County Cork, Ireland, specialises in the design and construction of wind and solar power plants in Ireland, the UK, Australia and Canada.

The wind farm, which will be located in the Calliope Ranges of Queensland in north-eastern Australia, near the cities of Gladstone and Billeola, is named the Calliope Wind Farm project, and DP Energy said the approval is a ‘significant milestone’ for the Calliope Wind Farm project, marking the formal entry into the implementation phase of the project. The approval is a ‘significant milestone’ for the Caled wind farm project, marking the project's formalisation.

According to DP Energy, the wind farm is expected to have an installed capacity of 430 megawatts (MW), which could power up to 130,000 average homes. The project will help ease the pressure on Australia's energy resources and promote the development of clean energy, as well as create more jobs and economic benefits for the local community. Although DP Energy has not disclosed the specific amount of investment in each project, the investment in the Queensland wind farm is expected to reach A$1.5bn (€900m), which shows that DP Energy attaches great importance to and has confidence in the project. Editor/Xu Shengpeng