Queensland will have 2164 megawatts of renewable energy ready by mid-2019, equivalent to 21 per cent of its total energy production, Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said on Wednesday.

According to the Clean Energy Council, that level of renewable energy would power more than 800,000 Queensland homes.

“We have an unprecedented $4.3 billion pipeline of renewable generation investment under way in Queensland, particularly in the south-west and north Queensland, which would mean 2164 megawatts on line by mid-2019,” Dr Lynham said.

Premier Palaszczuk and Minister Anthony Lynham at the Queensland Curtis LNG plant.

The state already has 356MW of large-scale solar energy already running, he said. The additional energy means 21 per cent of Queensland’s energy will come from renewable energy by 2019, according to a reply from Dr Lynham to a Question on Notice on July 13.