Queensland will have no regular reliance on coal and get as much as 80 per cent of it's electricity from renewables by 2035 under an ambitious energy plan.
The plan relies heavily on the rollout of wind and solar projects in regional Queensland, supported by a big investment in pumped hydro schemes to act as renewable energy storage.
In detailing the plan at the CEDA State of the State on Wednesday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a pumped hydro site 70 kilometres west of Mackay known as "the battery of the north".
