The Nationals Party of Western Australia will consider its position on emissions reduction, after a decision by the party's federal branch to scrap its net zero target.
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest wants to see his company's proposed renewable energy assets in the Pilbara connected to a common user grid to provide power for the region.
The state opposition has lambasted Roger Cook's call for big industry to “lean in” to renewable transition, accusing the government of shirking blame for the speed of its renewable rollout.
Premier Roger Cook has backed the state's renewable rollout approach, amid criticism over a missed deadline for a Whole of System Plan guiding the energy transition revealed last month.
Premier Roger Cook has called on big business to pressure the WA Liberal Party to support his government's development agenda, while pushing it to lean in harder on decarbonisation.
Energy giant AGL has inked an offtake agreement with Tilt Renewables for 100 per cent of the expected 108 megawatts of electricity from the Waddi Wind Farm north of Perth.
WA's energy transition has taken a strange turn, with new data showing coal has lifted its market share while the much-heralded big batteries have driven wholesale prices sharply higher.
The state's highest court has broken a stalemate between Alinta Energy and contractors over critical parts of the Wagerup battery, which has been delayed for nine months.
Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has argued the cost of doing nothing on coal-fired power could drive the state-owned utilities off a financial cliff.
Trucking giant Centurion has launched its 30-vehicle fleet of renewable energy trucks, the largest off-grid battery electric project for transport logistics in Australia.
The boss of Yara's Australian ammonia operations has criticised a maritime industry call to delay the rollout of new rules incentivising the uptake of green shipping fuels.
Alinta has launched legal action to urgently recover critical parts needed for its delayed Wagerup battery, alleging contractors breached a $182 million contract by withholding the goods.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
