Capital and Woodlawn Wind Farms

In 2023, Iberdrola Australia undertook the Bring Back the Glossy Black Cockatoo (and Gang Gang Cockatoo) habitat regeneration program to an area north-east of Canberra, in the vicinity of the Capital and Woodlawn wind farms.

The Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) and Gang Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) are threatened species native to the area and have historically been found near the Capital and Woodlawn wind farms.

A monumental effort

Iberdrola Australia held a two-day event which included a team of approximately 80 employees and their families planting over 1,000 Allocasuarina littoralis trees (a preferred food source for the Glossy Black Cockatoo). 

Ecologists and arborists led the project which included the installation of 10 state-of-the-art nesting boxes for the Gang Gang Cockatoo. A further 10 nesting boxes are planned to be installed for the Glossy Black Cockatoo.