A move to lift electricity network costs by nearly 8 per cent annually until 2027 has been approved, six months after the plan was revealed by Business News.
About 400 Esperance residents and businesses have switched from gas to electricity, with the local distributor to cease supplying gas to the town today.
Installing underground power for 1,700 properties in the City of Nedlands is expected to cost $19 million, a figure that could push council to reach its borrowing quota.
Andrew Forrest’s private company is expected to proceed with the redevelopment of the East Perth Power Station, after Kerry Stokes’ Australian Capital Equity backed out.
Seven Group chair Ryan Stokes has sought to ease tensions with Andrew Forrest after revelations the Fortescue Metals Group chair took a swipe at the Stokes empire over a trucking deal.
Andrew Forrest has told Fortescue staff that a decision to pick German giant Liebherr over WesTrac for a major contract has caused a rift with billionaire Kerry Stokes' empire.
The opposition’s new energy spokesperson doesn’t support the use of nuclear energy in WA but remains open to revisiting the issue with federal colleagues ahead of elections in 2025.
Plans to export electricity from Australia to Singapore via a subsea cable are no longer commercially viable and need to be amended, Andrew Forrest’s top executive said today.
Billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes have declared their support for Sun Cable’s ambitious $35 billion renewable energy project but its clear they won’t be investing together.
Alinta Energy has failed in its bid to stop pre-action discovery in an ongoing legal clash with Downer EDI over the $165 million Chichester Solar Gas project.
Ambitious plans to develop the world's largest solar energy network in the NT have gone awry after a disagreement between billionaire backers Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes.
Updated: The WA gas market has been boosted by the restart of Chevron's Wheatstone domestic gas plant, but Alcoa will not yet return to full alumina production.
Alcoa has slashed alumina production following a big disruption to the state’s gas supply, but Energy Minister Bill Johnston is confident the power grid will keep running.
Land in the Pilbara has been allocated to seven companies, including Posco, BP, Fortescue and Tees Valley Lithium, hoping to build $70 billion of projects.
Liontown Resources is planning to operate the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project with 100 per cent renewable energy for 15 years, after signing an agreement with Zenith Energy.
John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has lobbed another scrip takeover proposal for joint venture partner Warrego Energy, countering a $342 million cash offer from Hancock Energy currently on the table.
Mineral Resources hopes to bolster its position in Western Australia’s energy sector by acquiring Norwest Energy, of which keen Perth Basin investor Gina Rinehart is also a shareholder.
Rapid approvals proposed for green energy projects should also be available to gas producers, the industry has said, as a major shortage of the fuel is forecast for WA.
Energy markets are responding pre-emptively to the federal government's price cap proposal, demonstrating it's already having a dampening effect on prices.
Revealed: New numbers offer the clearest picture yet inside Griffin Coal’s finances, with liquidators suspecting the miner may have been insolvent for two years before its September collapse.
Plans to invest in LNG import terminals and boost exploration on the east coast could be jeopardised by a shock intervention in gas markets, Woodside Energy has warned.
A plan promising a cap on gas and coal prices, potential subsidies for miners, and $1.5 billion for households, has been labelled a “radical intervention” by industry.
