Energy

A development assessment panel has unanimously approved a $2 billion wind farm in the state's Mid West.

A group of Denmark locals is seeking approvals and investors to expand their community-owned wind farm.

A firm backed by Sweden's most prominent family dynasty has revealed plans for a wind farm north of Perth

The state government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy's export credit agency to support major projects in WA spanning critical minerals, energy and advanced manufacturing.

The Environmental Protection Authority will look at a Synergy proposal to build a new, $700 million gas-fired power facility on the site of the former Kwinana power station.

Australia's peak data centre body says energy regulators should introduce enforceable delivery deadlines and penalties for network service providers, warning data centre operators were shouldering all the risk for connection delays.

Analysis: If it wasn't already clear, Fortescue shiny new product won't be mined from the ground but generated above it.

Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has pushed for more energy generation in Australia so the country can stop relying on certain world leaders, naming US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Lithium miner PLS Group will buy renewable energy from Fortescue over 20 years, signing on for a minimum of 325 gigawatt hours of power at its Pilgangoora site.

The state government will move to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries for apartment and rentals, mirroring power systems used in European households.

The state government has launched a plan to reduce soaring industrial power costs, including a 75 per cent SWIS renewable energy generation target and a $150 million energy investment fund.

Western Australia's largest gas-fired power station could be built near Mandurah to power the grid and a major agribusiness precinct next door.

Plans for a 92-turbine wind farm in the southern Wheatbelt have been lodged with the state's environmental watchdog.

Fortescue has shopped around its green metal product to prospective “Asian powerhouses”, chief executive Dino Otranto revealed.

Premier Roger Cook has launched an investment prospectus, to invite more renewable energy players to invest in the state, to kick off an international conference held in Perth.

Greenpeace insists protestors arrested for scaling Woodside's Scarborough platform over the weekend were acting peacefully, as it ramps up its campaign against the gas giant.

Plans for a 4-gigawatt green energy development near Port Hedland targeting power supply to resources companies, mineral processors and data centres have been unveiled.

Japanese energy giant JERA has substantially increased its stake in the Wheatstone LNG project off WA, by buying a peer out of a subsidiary joint venture.

Two major native title groups have struck an agreement designed to support renewable energy projects in the central Pilbara, with BHP a likely beneficiary.

OPINION: Australia's reliance on imported fuels amid ongoing global instability raises questions about our longer-term preparedness.

A mineral sands mine north of Perth will be converted into a wind and battery energy park under plans put forward to state development authorities.

Around the world, the diversification of energy sources, fuels and industrial materials continues to gather pace, but finance in Australia remains a challenge.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has put the heat on government to support industry grappling with rising electricity costs in the state's main grid.

Alinta Energy has submitted its proposal for a power station in Cataby, estimated to cost $1 billion.

Plans for a $1.2 billion wind farm near Merredin have been lodged by green energy developer Collgar Renewables.

Synergy has submitted its proposal for a solar farm and battery, valued at about $2 billion, as part of its Warradarge wind farm precinct.

Atmos Renewables will build its Parron Maam Marang wind farm, becoming the second state-backed renewable project to reach the milestone this week.

A $600 million wind farm slated for the Wheatbelt town of Kondinin has been green lit for development by its British owners.

Proponents of a Kojonup wind farm are walking a tightrope between economic imperatives and community concerns.

Privately-owned, Broome-founded microgrid firm GenOffGrid will seek to generate a figure understood to be around $10-15 million through an off-market capital raise.

A panel has approved a $240 million proposal to build a battery energy storage system in the Great Southern region.

A $2.5 billion renewable diesel refinery has been earmarked for a site near Geraldton by the region's traditional owners and a Canadian strategic firm.