Energy

Work on major LNG projects involving Western Australian companies is progressing with $580 million worth of contracts awarded in the past few days.

Merredin Energy has officially commissioned its new $93 million power station designed to support supply of power to metropolitan Perth.

Legislation to ensure James Price Point is the only site on the Kimberley coast where Browse Basin gas will be processed was introduced into state parliament yesterday.

Privately-owned firms Thistle Fabrication and Primero Group, as well as Geraldton's Lenane Holdings, have won construction contracts for the Empire Oil & Gas-led Red Gully processing facility n

Energy giant ConocoPhillips coud become the second company, after Japan's Inpex, to transport gas from a field off the Western Australian coast to an LNG processing plant at Darwin.

France-based oil and gas engineering company Technip has won a €210 million ($262 million) works deal at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project off the Western Australian coast.

Premier Colin Barnett has defended the process behind the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) decision to recommend Woodside Petroleum's proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub.

Perth Surveying Services has won a $2.7 million contract with John Holland to work on the Wheatstone LNG construction village.

Woodside Petroleum's first half profit has fallen slightly because of the costs of starting up its massive Pluto liquefied natural gas project, which will remain at current capacity after a failed

Oil and gas giant Chevron has divested its holdings in the controversial Browse development off the Kimberley coast in exchange for increased holdings around its Wheatstone gas project, currently h

Premier Colin Barnett says he will do all he can to ensure Woodside's planned Browse gas hub remains at James Price Point in the Kimberley.

The Australian Greens say Woodside Petroleum has heavily underestimated whale numbers off the Western Australian coast, near the site of its proposed $34 billion gas hub.

International energy and services company Wood Group PSN has won a $10 million contract to construct computerised maintenance management systems for Royal Dutch Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied n

In what is fast becoming one of Australia's most bitterly fought environmental campaigns, cold, hard cash - rather than conservation - is likely to determine the fate of Woodside Petroleum's multib

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has stolen words out of the Queensland Premier's mouth and then blamed him for electricity price hikes, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Perth-based manufacturer Cetra Technologies has won a major innovation award for a product designed to improve insulation in the LNG market.

Strategic Marine has announced it will build a 24-metre heavy duty cargo catamaran for Offshore Plant Hire.

The surge in the number of people accessing the state government's Hardship Utilities Grants Scheme could be just the tip of the iceberg, the opposition says.

Fremantle-based wave energy company Carnegie has signed a deal with the Australian department of defence for power supply and grid connection to its HMAS Stirling base.

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the proposed $30 billion liquefied natural gas hub at James Price Point, imposing 29 strict conditions on the proposal.

Britain is a champion of energy efficiency while the United States and Canada lag behind in conserving power, according to a new report.

 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says it would be a "good thing" if the coalition met its target to subsidise more solar energy-powered homes.

Perth Zoo has completed its jumbo-sized solar panel installation - stretching partly across its elephant enclosure - making it the city's largest single source of sun power.

Two solar panel companies have been found to have made misleading comments about the impact of the carbon tax on electricity prices.

The state’ economic watchdog has released its final report on its inquiry into electricity retailer Synergy, saying the utility would have to hike residential bills by 29 per cent on average to ens

Pricing carbon may actually stop the transition to cleaner energy, Premier Colin Barnett says.

One day before it was due to be released, Environment Minister Bill Marmion has announced that he is seeking legal advice on the Environmental Protection Authority’s report into the proposed gas hu

Retailers say they are nervous about becoming the "meat in the sandwich" when the carbon tax is introduced.

The state government has committed $12.7 million to fund low emissions energy projects in Perth, the Wheatbelt and the Mid West.

Labor and coalition MPs will be hitting shopping centres and doorknocking homes this weekend when the carbon tax takes effect.

Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will not be affected by new laws in the United Kingdom requiring firms to list their greenhouse gas emissions because they say they already do so.