A plan to deliver transmission infrastructure connecting Woodside’s Pluto LNG plant and Maitland solar farm to the state’s North West Interconnected System will cost $166.3 million.
More than 6,000 residents and businesses in Broome will finally be able to install rooftop solar, after more than two years of capacity limits which ruled out new installations in the town.
Neoen’s stage 2 project at Collie adds to grid-scale energy storage batteries being built by Synergy and Alinta, with a combined cost in excess of $3 billion.
The state government says its energy load reduction scheme has had no ramifications for water supply, despite summer supply scalebacks at the Water Corp’s Binningup desalination plant.
A recent beaching event near Dunsborough in which 28 pilot whales died had nothing to do with offshore wind farm plans for the area, the state government has confirmed.
Premier Roger Cook has labelled the actions of protestors at this week’s Woodside Energy AGM despicable and threatening and says police should take them seriously.
The state’s peak planning body has retrospectively approved the first stage of a $400 million wind farm constructed on 3,600 hectares of land near Kojonup.
Inpex senior vice president corporate Bill Townsend has opened up on how WA lost its bid to host the $60 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant during a Business News event.
A new workforce, financial incentives and protection for local content in solar panels, electric trucks and wind towers are part of a "superpower" blueprint.
Australian oil and gas plays Woodside Energy and Santos must act swiftly as the global market for LNG declines, according to a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
BP’s $1 billion Kwinana biorefinery has received ministerial approval at the recommendation of the Environmental Protection Authority, subject to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
An Indigenous-backed clean energy project targeting offtake deals with the Pilbara’s major resources firms has gained a crucial land-use deal to progress the $1 billion first stage.
Government utility Western Power has defended large forecast hikes to discontinued tariffs still applied to some business customers, as it continues moves to reform its product offering.
WA’s government-owned ports and offshore project expertise place it in the box seat to build an offshore wind industry, but consultation will have to improve.
Constraints which blocked Karratha residents and businesses from connecting residential solar to the North West Interconnect System grid have been removed, Horizon Power has revealed.
A state government-supported green hydrogen plant mooted for the outskirts of Northam has been knocked back over concerns it would not produce green hydrogen.
A proposal to permanently expand the operating hours of the Kemerton gas power plant has been referred to the Environmental Protection Authority, as the state seeks to firm its energy future.
Zinc bromine and sodium sulphur batteries will be tested at microgrids in regional Western Australia, as Horizon Power looks to beat the impacts of heat on its remote storage solutions.
A Fortescue Energy plan to erect 10 wind turbines under the flight path into the eastern Wheatbelt town of Southern Cross has been knocked back by state planners.
Western Power will contract emergency power support from third parties in the Goldfields, as it seeks to avoid a repeat of the disruption caused by severe outages in January.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has asked for almost $100 million to be added to its budgetary allowance, funded by market participants, as it grapples energy transition expenses.
A proposed $3.2 billion solar and hydro project led by Kimberley traditional owners has attracted Federal support to test the waters for what would be one of the world’s largest renewable energy projects.
The $1.6 billion Collie battery, that is expected to be one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in the world, is one step closer towards a 2025 completion.
Infrastructure WA has expressed doubt over Western Power’s ability to deliver a series of critical upgrades to the northern part of the South West Interconnected System by 2027.
