The financial viability of the government-subsided scheme in the world heritage-listed area is just one of its many unknowns
There are some mixed feelings in the Daintree community in far north Queensland about building a renewable-energy microgrid.
The 8MW solar farm with a 20MW battery and a 1MW clean hydrogen plant was pushed through parliament weeks before the 2022 election by the Morrison government with the promise of it providing renewable power by 2024.