New wind farm could boost Qld renewables

State-owned Ergon Energy has offered a power purchase agreement to Mount Emerald Wind Farm in far north Queensland.

If accepted, the agreement will secure 170 megawatts of renewable energy for Queensland and will mean the state's wind energy production will increase by 15 times.

"To put this project into further perspective, the electricity it could generate could power a city of the size of Mackay," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament on Thursday.