A decision to greenlight the eastern seaboard’s largest wind farm in more than two years has provided a much-needed boost to Australia’s renewable energy ambitions.

A $1.7 billion wind farm targeted by anti-renewables campaigners will be the biggest in Labor’s flagship investment scheme to begin construction.

A decision to greenlight the eastern seaboard’s largest wind farm in more than two years has provided a much-needed boost to Australia’s renewable energy ambitions.