NEW North Queensland solar farms and jobs are on the way for Collinsville as the town benefits from the renewables boom across the state.

Powerlink and Edify Energy have finalised connection agreements for the Daydream and Hayman Solar Farms to be connected to Powerlink's 275kV network near Collinsville.

The projects are expected to create approximately 250 jobs in the local region during construction, with both solar farms anticipated to be operational in the second quarter of 2018.

Treasurer and Acting Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply Curtis Pitt said the new connection agreements were another exciting step in Queensland's renewable energy journey.

"Edify Energy will have four renewable energy projects under development in Queensland, delivering more than 300MW of renewable energy to the state,” Mr Pitt said.

"These additional solar farms and news recently of these projects reaching financial close are further signs of regional Queensland's major role in shaping the state's transition to a renewable energy economy.”

Edify Energy already have two other solar farm projects of 57.5MW each under way, in partnership with Wirsol Energy, to connect to Powerlink's 132kV network, known as the Whitsunday and Hamilton Solar Farms.

Signing the latest agreements means Edify Energy will have the highest capacity of solar generation connecting to the transmission network under development in Queensland.