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The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has disclosed that the majority of public submissions on the $450 million Iconic Scarborough development supported the project, but said all government agencies and utilities it consulted, with the sole exception of Tourism WA, opposed it.

The number of new gas and power connections in Western Australia fell in the year to June, an outcome of the slowing property development market, according to the Economic Regulation Authority.

The increasing uptake of automation, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies in the resources sector has led Core Skills to launch a pilot program designed for mining and energy employees.

Former ATCO Gas Australia president Pat Donovan has been announced as the new chief executive of the Water Corporation, replacing Sue Murphy after a 10-year tenure.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element and WA could play a role in making the gas a big part of the world’s energy supply.

The state government will spend $10 million to push the development of a renewable hydrogen industry for exporting, remote power, fuel cell vehicles and use in gas networks.

Kununurra and Mandurah could be hubs for renewable hydrogen production, while the gas could be blended with natural gas already supplied through the state’s main transmission pipeline, as part of a series of projects revealed today.

The two biggest Perth-based resources companies have furthered their interest in hydrogen, with one focused on export potential and the other investigating a more metropolitan project.

Veris subsidiary Aqura Technologies has signed $2.2 million in contracts including with BHP, which will use the company’s communications service across its Pilbara mine sites.

UPDATED: Seven companies including Woodside, BHP and ATCO Australia have been shortlisted to share in the next stage of ARENA’s $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Development Funding.

There’s much enthusiasm and many ideas for dramatically cutting WA’s carbon emissions, but a rapid transition would come at a cost.

The state government has brought forward Western Australia’s renewable hydrogen targets by a decade and made a $22 million investment to fuel the sector.

Green hydrogen projects in Karratha and the Mid West have received $71 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Construction of Horizon Power’s Denham renewable hydrogen project will soon get under way, a $7.3 million pilot of the fuel’s potential.

Renewable hydrogen will soon be blended into Perth’s gas network after the state government granted Atco $2 million for a project in Jandakot.

Melbourne-based company director Peter Lowe has replaced John Langoulant as chair of two major gas companies, adding to his many other roles including chair of DGL Group.

ATCO’s proposed $53 million green hydrogen plant in the state’s Mid-West is another step closer to fruition this week after the local council backed its approval.

WA Liberal leader David Honey has labelled a proposed $117.5 million effort to establish two hydrogen hubs in the Pilbara and Mid-West an “embarrassing pipedream.”

The regional planning body has given ATCO Australia the green light to build a $53 million green hydrogen plant in the state’s Mid-West, voting unanimously to approve the proposal.

Western Australian companies have won the lion's share of a $243 million critical minerals funding initiative from the federal government hoped to bolster domestic manufacturing.

A development assessment panel has given the state government the green light to build a $42 million health precinct at a maximum security prison.

Energy storage, including pumped hydro, has become a critical ingredient in WA’s energy transition.

Two projects in the Mid West will potentially hinge on the outcome of a WA government tender for a new desalination plant, following a market-led proposal by AGIG.

Hydrogen, exporting carbon storage, and reusing greenhouse gases are on the table as oil and gas players seek emissions cuts.

Up to 1 per cent of energy on WA’s main electricity network will be drawn from renewable hydrogen as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the sector’s regulatory framework.

A hazmat general warning was issued for a section of the Perth CBD after emergency services identified a gas leak from a large pipe fracture at the ECU campus construction site.

International energy company ATCO has scrapped plans to build what had been promoted as one of Western Australia’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects.

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Even significant federal funding could not get a moderate concept off the drawing board without state intervention.

ASX-listed miner Core Lithium will relocate its head office to 2 Mill Street in Perth's CBD from South Australia.

Companies planning hydrogen projects in WA want more government leadership as they survey the sector’s spluttering progress.

The Economic Regulation Authority intends to knock back ATCO’s five-year plan for its gas distribution system that delivers to more than 800,000 households in the state.

ATCO has doubled down on its calls for accelerated depreciation across its WA gas pipeline network, despite an earlier knock back from the Economic Regulation Authority.

Gas company ATCO Australia says it has achieved a 10 per cent hydrogen blend in parts of the state’s main gas distribution network, supplying around 3000 homes.

The Economic Regulation Authority has decided to increase gas network tariffs by 7.8 per cent over the next five years, impacting more than 800,000 homes and businesses.

Early work is underway on a $660 million Department of Defence infrastructure program at Exmouth’s Learmonth airbase, with ATCO subcontracted to build an initial worker’s camp.