Premier Roger Cook still expects BP to deliver on its $600 million Kwinana biofuels refinery plan, after yesterday’s announcement that the project would be “rephased”.
BP has shelved its $600 million renewable fuel hub at Kwinana, in a move it says was taken to improve capital efficiency and align with government policies.
Infinite Green Energy has revived its Northam hydrogen plant proposal, submitting the $120 million application in a different planning pathway after it was rejected.
Strike Energy has not ruled out asset divestment as part of a strategic review of its operations, while its new management prepares to meet joint venture partner Hancock Prospecting today.
WA Labor says it will spend $150 million on a vanadium battery to support the at-times fragile Kalgoorlie power network, if it retains government at the March state election.
Western Power will get a $20.8 million cash injection from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, as part of its major push to integrate household generation into the state’s grid.
Two senior figures have revealed departures from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Tattarang in recent weeks, but the organisation says both will remain part of its business interests.
Stuart Nicholls will resign as chief executive and managing director of John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy, with directors Jill Hoffmann and Nev Power stepping in.
Premier Roger Cook has backed industry to meet its social obligations, while weaving around questions on the adequacy of a $10,000 fine handed down to Santos over a 2022 oil spill.
A nuclear energy advocacy group backed by entrepreneur Dick Smith will bring 2023 Miss America winner Grace Stanke to Perth this month, in a bid to win public support.
Hazer Group, the cleantech spinout of research from the University of Western Australia, has been granted a patent by the Japanese Patent Office for a novel process of producing hydrogen.
Woodside Energy has submitted a carbon capture plan covering its proposed Browse joint venture project to federal regulators, with the hope of addressing emissions from the gas field.
Synergy’s contracts with the world’s largest battery maker CATL will not be impacted by a shock move from the United States Department of Defense to blacklist the Chinese company overnight.
The United States’ largest oil company claims Andrew Forrest damaged its reputation through his charity’s campaign against plastic polymers and Fortescue’s efforts to reduce fossil fuel use.
Belmont-based GenusPlus Group has landed an initial $42 million head contractor role for stage one work on TasNetworks’ $950 million northern Tasmanian grid upgrade.
A bid by RATCH Australia to significantly expand the operating hours at the Worley-operated Kemerton gas peaking power plant has been approved by Environment Minister Reece Whitby.
A plan to build a 490-megawatt wind farm in the Mid West has been put before federal regulators, as its developers push to begin producing energy by 2028.
An expansion of WA’s renewable energy sector is proceeding after a lull in activity, with contracts awarded for an expansion of one wind farm and construction of a second, new wind farm.
Flooding has closed Western Power’s Wellington Street office indefinitely, displacing workers as the utility prepares for a peak period across the state’s main electricity grid.
The state government has poured in more funding towards Collie’s transition from coal-powered to green energy, as workers reportedly received bonuses over the upcoming station closures.
The Economic Regulation Authority has ticked off a 57 per cent increase to the benchmark reserve capacity price for electricity producers supporting the state’s main grid from 2027.
East Perth-based Monford Group has been appointed principal engineering, procurement and construction contractor at the $250 million Glenellan solar farm in New South Wales.
The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia’s domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state’s energy future.
The state’s peak mining lobby body has told a nuclear energy inquiry that the industry is neutral in its stance on energy sources, but stressed the importance of power access for business.
ANALYSIS: Collie’s omission from the modelling that guides the federal opposition’s $331 billion nuclear plan highlights the ‘otherness’ of the state’s electricity grid.
Energy infrastructure builder APA Group has laid claim to a land area larger than Perth to progress the rollout of its Pilbara renewable energy ambitions.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has slammed the Coalition’s nuclear power plans as Peter Dutton unveiled the party’s proposal to save taxpayers $263 billion in energy costs.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton claims a $331 billion plan to rollout nuclear energy across Australia will save taxpayers as much as $263 billion compared with renewables.
The federal government has selected 19 renewables energy projects for support under its Capacity Investment Scheme but WA projects will have to wait for the next round.
