Energy

Fortescue has walked back from its plan to manufacture electric truck motors in the United Kingdom and will shed several hundred roles.

The state opposition has accused Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson of deflecting blame for a $40 million overpayment blunder onto the Synergy board.

State government–owned Synergy has revealed it accepted more than $40 million worth of erroneous payments into 170,000 closed customer accounts over a period of 16 years.

Perth renewable power company Frontier Energy has revealed plans to significantly expand its proposed Waroona solar farm to help replace retiring coal-fired generation within six years.

Dan Tehan says the US is experiencing a "nuclear renaissance" in the wake of growing energy demands — and hinted the Coalition would retain its focus on the energy despite its heavy election defeat.

Grants to get projects shovel-ready are needed to help Indigenous-backed renewable energy plans come to fruition, according to the boss of a Kimberley Aboriginal corporation.

French renewables giant Neoen has completed the nation's largest battery to date at Collie and engaged a contractor for a new build at Muchea in partnership with US giant Tesla.

A multi-million-dollar workers' accommodation will be built to house workers on Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation's $200 million solar farm development.

Fortescue is buying 400 more zero-emission haul trucks for its Pilbara operations, amid a series of deals with Chinese green technology developers and an acquisition of a Spanish renewables firm.

OPINION: M&A activity suggests there's plenty of investor interest in WA's renewable energy sector.

Enel X's role as a commercial-scale energy asset aggregator will help keep the lights on in the South West Interconnected System again this summer.

Woodside Energy has struck a deal with a Japanese consortium which could lead it to supply liquid hydrogen produced at Rockingham into the Asian market.

The trial date for Fortescue's legal action against its former staff over claims of stolen data could be pushed to 2027, a Federal Court judge says.

NeoEn is set to build a wind farm in Narrogin, with the construction cost expected to go up to $650 million, after a planning committee's green light.

Evolving generation methods and growing energy demand in remote locations have boosted a handful of WA businesses.

A team of renewable newcomers are behind a $190 million plan to build a solar farm by the Forrest Highway which would feed power to industrial projects and the state's first EV servo.

Evie Networks' debt deal is a sign that Australia's fast charging stations are gaining investment momentum.

The backer of WA's biggest active biorefinery plan wants to see the federal government's $1.1 billion biofuels fund used to stimulate domestic demand for low carbon fuels.

The annual reports for WA's state-owned utilities reveal where they're spending big as the grid overhaul accelerates.

Synergy has swung into the red with a $779 million loss after wiping the value of its coal-fired assets to zero and reporting a cost blowout in its decommissioning estimates.

Synergy has appointed former WA Minister Sue Ellery to its board as non-executive director, adding to recent appointments at the power provider.

The state opposition has labelled the state's energy transition is a “flop”, after the contentious Bluewaters coal-fired power station was assigned reserve capacity for 2027-28.

OPINION: WA's opposition energy spokesperson Steve Thomas gives his perspective on recent WA energy system progress.

Woodside Energy's plans to sequester tonnes of carbon emitted by its proposed Browse project below the ocean has been put out for public comment by the state's environmental watchdog.

The state government will back a bid by privately owned Turbine Solutions to become a foundational service provider in wind energy, with a $450,000 cash injection.

Biofuel project backers have lauded a large federal government investment into domestic processing capacity as foundational for the nascent sector.

A $700 million renewable energy project has cleared a planning hurdle, set to be global player Trina Solar's second Western Australian asset.

Woodside Energy has collected endorsements from United States politicians praising its US$17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project and aligning it with President Donald Trump's energy agenda.

Long-serving Pacific Energy chief executive Jamie Cullen will step down after a decade-long stint, shortly after the business secured $1 billion worth of growth capital.

A multibillion-dollar ammonia project has gained rights to a parcel of land at the constrained Port of Dampier to store and load its product.

A state tribunal has quashed another western suburbs council's decision over proposed charges for ratepayers to contribute to $24 million worth of power projects.

The environmental watchdog has backed AGL Energy's bid to triple its gas-fired Kwinana Swift Power Station output, recommending it be approved subject to conditions.