An Tasmanian Aboriginal corporation and a remote wind farm have formalised access to a parcel of culturally significant land, with a long-term vision of the freehold title being returned to Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

The partnership between Melaythenner Teeackana Warrana Aboriginal Corporation (MTWAC) and the Musselroe Wind Farm — located at Cape Portland on the far north-east tip of Tasmania — has enabled Aboriginal people to gather for cultural ceremonies, build a ranger base to care for Country, and develop sustainable employment for Aboriginal people within the region.

Located on an 80-hectare piece of land, the Tebrakunna Ranger base, which was formally opened in June, also supports MTWAC's aspiration for commercial activities including tourism, accommodation and marine enterprises.

"It gave us a physical space to be on Country," MTWAC Elder, historian and educator, Aunty Patsy Cameron said.

"Just to be on our ancestral homeland is just so significant.

"We belong. We can go there to walk, to laugh, to cry, to share, to feel our ancestors and to care for our ancestral lands."

Located on Tebrakunna Country, the 167 MW wind farm — now owned by Woolnorth Renewables — was built and commissioned in 2013 by Hydro Tasmania and provides five per cent of Tasmania's energy in an average year.

The area also hosts MTWAC's annual Mannalargenna Day, which sees hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gather on Country to participate in dancing, art exhibitions, yarning circles and cultural food in celebration of the ancestral warrior.

Aunty Patsy has stewarded the relationship from the outset and says the collaboration "has been respectful and genuine from the beginning".

The collaboration includes a the Tebrakunna Rangers program which employs 12 people and has trained 14 people in ecosystem and conservation land management.

Musselroe Wind Farm's Head of Risk, Compliance & Systems, Robert Barbour, said benefits of the partnership "go both ways".

"We get help around the heritage side of things, to fulfil our regulated requirements, we get access to that technical knowledge," Mr Barbour said.

"It's also part of building the social licence needed to get a project like this off the ground, in a very genuine way.

"That has really enabled us to do our wind farm planning and construction smoothly and quickly."

Community Power Agency said Woolnorth Renewables' partnership with MTWAC shows when renewable energy projects are done well, they can deliver significant social value for local communities.

A new discussion paper — jointly published by the Community Power Agency, PATHMAKER, and RE-Alliance — argues the sector must move beyond simply seeking community acceptance to operate, and focus instead on delivering measurable improvements to community wellbeing.

"Australia's energy transition is occurring at a scale and pace that will shape regional communities for generations," Community Power Agency Director, Kim Mallee, said.

"Social value represents a fundamental shift from seeking basic community acceptance to delivering genuine, measurable improvements in people's lives. This paper aims to spark the sector-wide conversation needed to make that shift real."

Titled From Social Licence to Social Value in the Energy Transition, the paper urges policy makers, developers, and practitioners to establish a shared, rigorous approach to tracking the real-world impacts of clean energy infrastructure.

"Mannalargenna, whose land we're talking about, to change the wind, he would pick out a burning ember out of the fire and on a long stick and he would use that long burning stick to move the wind," Aunty Patsy said.

"And I would imagine that if Mannalargenna came back and saw those turbines using the wind to generate power that he would be in awe."

The discussion paper can be found online.