AGL’s Pottinger Wind Farm Greenlighted: A $2Bn Bet That Could Redefine Australia’s Energy Investment Landscape

In a week that underscores Australia’s accelerating commitment to the energy transition, Environment Minister Murray Watt has given the green light to the Pottinger Wind Farm, a $2 billion renewable project 60km south of Hay in New South Wales. With 1,300 MW of wind capacity, 247 turbines, and a 500 MW battery storage system, the project promises to power nearly 590,000 homes and cut about three million tonnes of CO₂ annually.  

For investors following energy, infrastructure, and climate policy flows, this development isn’t just symbolic. It signals the shifting calculus in returns, risk, and. . .