OX2 enters onshore wind in Australia with gigascale project

Nordic developer OX2 has acquired its first onshore wind project in Australia, a 1GW project north of Perth in Western Australia that also includes an about 100MW battery storage system.

The site involves more than 20 landowners, and the (unnamed) original project developers will work closely with OX2 to continue to manage the approval process, as part of the acquisition.

The gigascale project “fulfils the promise made when OX2 entered Australia, that the company would expand into onshore wind,” OX2 Australia country manager Rachel Watson said.

“We look forward to realising this project, which is our first in Western Australia.

“Australia is on the road to decarbonisation and has great opportunities to leverage its natural resources with excellent conditions for wind and solar power.”

OX2 had entered the Australian market in 2023 through the acquisition of solar energy developer ESCO Pacific. The developer’s project development portfolio down under consists of solar projects of about 1GW and energy storage projects of 230MW in the states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.