Woodside is one step closer to developing a solar farm, valued at up to $300 million, to supply energy to the Burrup Peninsula and its Pluto LNG plant.
Roger Cook says the funding will deliver certainty, but critics say its an admission of failure and rubber stamps the closure of Griffin Coal and Bluewaters power station in 2026.
Premier Roger Cook is expected to announce a three-year extension to operating subsidies paid to embattled miner Griffin Coal, with the total bill set to exceed $150 million.
North Metropolitan TAFE students will have hands-on experience and training in renewable energy infrastructure after the campus signed an agreement with Horizon Power.
The taxpayer-funded financial lifeline propping up the insolvent Griffin Coal Mining Company over the past year is closing in on $40 million, according to state government figures.
Fortescue Future Industries’ South and Southeast Asia president Allard Nooy has joined the migration of senior staffers departing the company in recent months.
Reactive domestic gas policy changes by the state government present a threat to stable supply in Western Australia, according to Strike Energy chair John Poynton.
Fortescue Metals Group has pressed ‘go’ on two mid-scale hydrogen developments and a small trial project in WA but surprisingly is not proceeding with the Gibson Island project in Queensland.
The federal government has tipped $70 million into bp’s proposed Kwinana green hydrogen hub as the development enters the front-end engineering and design phase.
A $575 million investment in WA’s major electricity grid is designed to facilitate energy opportunities in a state “up to its guts” in the energy transition, according to Premier Roger Cook.
The boss of Australia’s native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.
