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 hub a
Perth-based renewable energy firm Green Rock has won $5.38 million in state government funding to put towards the development of its Mid West geothermal power project.
The cost of building the Gorgon LNG jetty and marine structures has doubled to $1.8 billion, Leighton Holdings has disclosed, citing an increased scope of work along with "technical and other challeng
Resource Equipment has lowered its profit guidance for this financial year, placing the blame on unexpected delays in major companies’ decision making.
The regulator overseeing the federal government's carbon tax has listed 46 additional organisations that will be liable, including Rio Tinto subsidiary Pilbara Iron and the City of Rockingham.
The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council and City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder are among seven Western Australian recipients of grants under the federal government’s Community Energy Efficiency program.
The DomGas Alliance has called for a national domestic gas reservation policy and said the current system is not in the national interest because it is leading to seriously low gas supplies and escala
Plans for a $400m waste to energy plant at Kwinana have progressed to the next stage with John Holland agreeing to collaborate with project proponent Phoenix Energy.
Engineering contractor Laing O’Rourke and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have been awarded a contract to deliver four cryogenic tanks for the $34 billion Ichthys LNG project, with Perth-based engineering f
A long-awaited report into the Varanus Island gas plant explosion has concluded that plant operator Apache Energy was ultimately responsible and questioned it’s staffing levels, systems and safety cul
Eureka Energy says Aurora Oil & Gas has no grounds to withdraw its takeover offer, despite the suitor admitting its lawyers were looking at the possibility of dropping the bid over concerns with a
Strike Energy was one of the few Australian stocks to end the day in positive territory, after drilling results intersected one of the thickest coal seams recorded to date in South Australia’s Cooper
Gindalbie Metals and Western Power have finalised funding and access arrangements for an electricity transmission project in the Mid West, moving the $380 million Mid West Energy Project (MWEP) closer
Re-merging state power utilities Verve Energy and Synergy would do nothing to lower electricity costs for consumers, according to a report from the newly formed WA Independent Power Association.
The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has applied for a lifeline for its Canning Vale waste facility, the largest in the state, after the Department Of Environment and Conservation moved to shut
The state government is examining whether waste-to-energy facilities will adversely affect people’s health and recycling habits before evaluating proposals for facilities in Perth and the Pilbara.
Mines minister Norman Moore said today he is “extraordinarily frustrated” after the state government withdrew its prosecution against US petroleum company Apache and its joint venture partners over th
