Flooding has closed Western Power’s Wellington Street office indefinitely, displacing workers as the utility prepares for a peak period across the state’s main electricity grid.
The state government has poured in more funding towards Collie’s transition from coal-powered to green energy, as workers reportedly received bonuses over the upcoming station closures.
The Economic Regulation Authority has ticked off a 57 per cent increase to the benchmark reserve capacity price for electricity producers supporting the state’s main grid from 2027.
East Perth-based Monford Group has been appointed principal engineering, procurement and construction contractor at the $250 million Glenellan solar farm in New South Wales.
The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia’s domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state’s energy future.
The state’s peak mining lobby body has told a nuclear energy inquiry that the industry is neutral in its stance on energy sources, but stressed the importance of power access for business.
ANALYSIS: Collie’s omission from the modelling that guides the federal opposition’s $331 billion nuclear plan highlights the ‘otherness’ of the state’s electricity grid.
Energy infrastructure builder APA Group has laid claim to a land area larger than Perth to progress the rollout of its Pilbara renewable energy ambitions.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has slammed the Coalition’s nuclear power plans as Peter Dutton unveiled the party’s proposal to save taxpayers $263 billion in energy costs.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton claims a $331 billion plan to rollout nuclear energy across Australia will save taxpayers as much as $263 billion compared with renewables.
The federal government has selected 19 renewables energy projects for support under its Capacity Investment Scheme but WA projects will have to wait for the next round.
Battery metals player Vulcan Energy Resources will tap investors for $164 million as it moves towards commencing work at its Phase One Lionheart project.
Major global companies are walking away from opportunities to build offshore wind farms near Bunbury as the federal government extends the period for applications for a second time.
Woodside has revised its engineering, procurement and construction contract with Bechtel to develop the first three trains at its Louisiana LNG project in the United States.
Horizon Power has offered to connect the proposed $30 million, 10 megawatt Junja solar farm near Port Hedland to its coastal grid, in a major boost for the shovel ready Pilbara project.
An indigenous-owned Pilbara renewable energy plant has breezed through planning approval, clearing the way for the $200 million project to be green-lit.
Frontier Energy has shed light on its bungled recruitment of Mark McGowan as chair, revealing the former premier had signed a letter of appointment but never locked in a start date.
Fortescue’s work to develop fast battery chargers for its Pilbara iron ore fleet will get a leg-up courtesy of a $10 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Strike Energy will build its $137 million South Erregulla gas power plant, but a final call on its West Erregulla joint venture development with Hancock Prospecting has been pushed back.
The deadline for a paper guiding Western Power’s infrastructure planning from July 2027 has been pushed out by 12 months, less than a week before it was due to be published.
Mark McGowan-linked Frontier Energy says a proposed hike to the price paid for electricity supporting the state’s grid at peak times will boost the economics of its stalled solar project.
Administrators at the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant succeeded in getting a significant time extension to prepare a sale but fell short of their proposed nine-month period.
Renewable energy giant Neoen has joined a long list of companies aiming to develop wind farms in WA’s South West, though none are currently under construction.
Fortescue’s proposed Gibson Island hydrogen project in Queensland appears to have been scrapped, with partner Incitec Pivot Limited revealing a plan to sell the site.
The United Kingdom government has commissioned a review into Australia’s hydrogen market, highlighting the state’s critical role in potential partnerships between the country and UK businesses.
