Stephanie Unwin

Former IKEA franchise owner Alan Tribe has taken charge at local biotech firm Phylogica, lifting his stake to 20 per cent and becoming chairman on the same day chief executive Stephanie Unwin was replaced by Rohan Hockings.

Phylogica has a new chief executive who is determined to bring the Perth biotech’s commercialisation strategy to fruition.

Former Synergy executive Stephanie Unwin is set to lead regional energy retailer Horizon Power next year, while Screenwest, SNC-Lavalin, Worksafe WA and Destination Perth have also announced significant appointments.

The battery minerals boom may have captured the public’s imagination, but WA is also at the vanguard of applying batteries and other technologies at the consumer level.

Contract Power Group plans to build a new power station at Esperance after Horizon Power awarded the Perth company a 20-year power purchase agreement for the supply of electricity to the town.

Perth-based Horizon Power is purchasing gas from Shell to use in some of its power systems across regional Australia under a two-year supply agreement.

Hydrogen, batteries, and standalone power systems are a major focus for WA’s regions.

Construction of a hydrogen plant that will have enough energy to power 100 homes in the coastal town of Denham has been approved by the federal government.

Limitless WA: Standing on top of a glacier in New Zealand, Horizon Power chief executive Stephanie Unwin had a realisation which motivated her to make green energy a top priority.

The first of eight electric vehicle chargers to be rolled out by Horizon Power in the Kimberley under the WA EV Network is now operational.

Minerals explorer Australian Vanadium has notched a deal with Horizon Power to source and install a battery for a pilot renewable energy project in the Kimberley.

The Gascoyne region is now part of Western Australia’s electric vehicle network, with a new fast charger launched in Carnarvon today by Horizon Power.

Public faith in the execution of WA’s multi-billion-dollar green energy future will hinge on bringing all parties along for the ride.

In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss accounting action; WeWork; Qantas; exporters; hydrogen; coal; biofuels, and skills shortages.

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

An accelerated push for renewable energy has opened the door for innovators seeking to build, deliver and maintain the dream of net zero.

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.

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.

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.

Minerals explorer Australian Vanadium has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of its vanadium flow battery, bound for Horizon Power's pilot renewable energy project in Kununurra.