 Victoria also has a substantial system, which provided 27.8% of the Australia's wind power in 2019.In August 2015, the Victorian government announced financial backing for new wind farms as part of a push to encourage renewable energy in the state, which was expected to bring forward the building of a modest 100 MW of new wind energy in the state, worth $200 million in investment.The government expected that there were about 2400 MW worth of Victorian projects that had been approved but were yet to be built.