The state government has deferred the closure of one of its coal-fired power stations after a report forecast a big shortfall in energy supply within three years.
Ground has broken on construction of a 100-megawatt battery at Alinta’s Wagerup power station which will help smooth out supply for power in the state’s South West.
The state government has banned onshore gas developments in the Perth Basin from exporting LNG, in a win for local buyers of gas but a potential blow for developers.
A state government inquiry has been told that some of WA’s LNG producers are playing catch up on their requirements under the state’s Domestic Gas Policy.
Premier Roger Cook has told WA parliament that the state’s gas supply is secure, despite the looming threat of strike action at offshore platforms operated by major producers.
Hancock Prospecting chairman Gina Rinehart has invoked an anecdote involving her late father Lang Hancock while endorsing nuclear energy as a cost-effective path to net zero for agriculture.
Strike Energy has announced it will acquire Perth Basin joint venture partner Talon Energy, just weeks after withdrawing an unsolicited proposal for the company.
Buru Energy has sold a 25 per cent stake in onshore Carnarvon Basin permit and applications to JV partner Mineral Resources, as it sharpens its focus on its Rafael gas and condensate discovery.
Offshore Alliance says workers on the Wheatstone offshore platform could apply to vote on industrial action against their employer Chevron as part of ongoing negotiations.
Workers at Woodside Energy’s LNG platforms off the coast of WA have voted in favour of industrial action, including indefinite strikes, at a meeting this afternoon.
Rival companies will need to bury the hatchet to tackle myriad issues facing global energy supply while facing mounting pressure to take action on climate change.
The global energy crisis is forcing companies to stretch out decarbonisation targets as the dire need for energy security pushes net zero plans down the pecking order.
Woodside chief Meg O'Neill was visibly shaken this morning as she told a Business News breakfast that a protest at her home on Tuesday from an 'extremist group' had left her 'fearful and distressed'.
Buru Energy will explore commercialising its Rafael gas and condensate discovery in the Canning Basin by 2027 through a phased development strategy announced today.
The division's chief financial officer role will be filled by former OZ Minerals executive Deborah Caudle, following the departure of Forrest empire mainstay Felicity Gooding last week.
A South Korean consortium is aiming to build a hydrogen project at Narngulu industrial estate near Geraldton, saying it can’t wait for land at Oakajee to be developed.
Data centre developer GreenSquareDC is looking at building its own renewable energy farm in the Wheatbelt as it presses on with its Belmont project, naming Multiplex as preferred contractor.
International energy company ATCO has scrapped plans to build what had been promoted as one of Western Australia’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects.
Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes has returned to the board of Beach Energy, replacing Margaret Hall as a designated director of the investment group.
Fortescue Metals Group has marked its 20-year anniversary by changing its branding, while its green energy arm has acquired the owner of a proposed green hydrogen project in the US.
Woodside Energy’s revenue slipped 29 per cent during the second quarter of 2023, attributed to lower realised prices and lower production compared with the previous quarter.
Three Aboriginal groups in the Kimberley have teamed up with global project developer Pollination to pursue an ambitious $3.5 billion green energy project.
Native Title body Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has signed an agreement with energy company ACEN Corporation for development of large-scale renewable energy projects.
Spodumene and grain exports and a big uptick in coal imports facilitated a record-breaking year across ports at Albany, Bunbury and Esperance, operator Southern Ports has revealed.
Buru Energy and ROC Oil will review operations at their Ungani oilfield in WA’s Kimberley after consultation with Main Roads WA over heavy vehicle traffic access impeded by weather damage.
A leaked WA Environmental Protection Authority report assessing appeals against the Woodside-operated North West Shelf LNG expansion project has prompted anger from environmentalists.
Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation will trial hydrogen calcination technology at Yarwun Alumina refinery after a $32.1 million funding boost from the Australian government.
Chevron Australia managing director Mark Hatfield is concerned for Western Australia’s future gas supply as availability tightens and state and federal regulatory pressures bite.
Korea’s largest electricity utility has signed an early agreement with the backers of the Western Green Energy Hub, one of several giant renewable energy projects mooted for WA.
