Synergy hardship customers will be able to leverage the excess power generated by the state’s rooftop solar during off-peak times for free under a new scheme.
The state government will establish more dedicated teams to assess renewable energy projects as part of a $22.5 million overhaul of WA's environmental approval pathway.
The state government is aiming to open a $6.3 million training facility at the South Regional TAFE in Collie by 2025, to mitigate the impact from the impending closure of coal-fired power stations.
Synergy has struck an agreement with the Economic Regulation Authority to pay a sum of $30 million back to residential customers for contraventions of electricity pricing over more than a year.
Collie is set to have two large-scale battery energy storage systems, with French renewable energy company Neoen proceeding with construction of a 219 megawatt unit.
Mineral Resources says it has made a significant natural gas discovery at the North Erregulla Deep-1 exploration well near Dongara, 8.3km southeast of its Lockyer Deep-1 discovery.
Renewable energy hopeful Infinite Green Energy and Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group have recruited a third partner to develop a proposed hydrogen project in Northam.
State governments are leading the way for Australian green bonds with the latest issuance to fund an electric car charging network, wind farms and rebates.
The cost of propping up the embattled Ewington coal mine in Collie has gone beyond the $19.5 million initially set aside by the state government to support it.
A fall in financial commitments for large-scale renewable generation projects could pull the plug on 2030 targets but state governments aim to fill the gap.
Woodside Energy has contracted the removal of defunct offshore structures at four projects, including a controversial mooring near Exmouth which has drawn attention from regulators.
Australian Vanadium and the federal government have struck a deal for up to $49 million of funding to progress the vanadium battery industry project in the state’s Mid West.
Bioenergy company Delorean Corporation has suspended trading in its shares after disclosing it needed to raise more than $2 million to pay a debt owed to the Clean Energy Regulator.
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is set to acquire collapsed renewable energy business Sun Cable, despite previous interest from former project partner Andrew Forrest.
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has praised the United States’ lead on energy policy while flagging Woodside’s potential to fuel US energy cooperation with Australia.
A section of APA Group’s Parmelia gas pipeline south of Perth could viably transport hydrogen, according to a conversion feasibility study revealed by the company this morning.
The Economic Regulation Authority has knocked back a proposal by Western Power to jack up street light costs that would likely have been passed on to residents.
Perth company Infinite Green Energy has linked up with South Korea’s Samsung C&T to pursue the development of a world-scale hydrogen plant just south of Dongara.
Four proponents aiming to start their renewable energy projects have cleared a planning hurdle after receiving approval to use land in the 2,500-hectare Maitland strategic industrial area.
The state government has committed $2.8 billion to four green energy projects, as part of an ongoing commitment to its net zero emissions by 2050 target.
The federal budget mapped out a path to ‘green hydrogen superpower’ status, championed critical minerals relationships and altered taxes on oil and gas. Here’s how industry responded.
WA’s South West could require up to 51 gigawatts of new energy generation and storage capacity to meet the needs of industry over the next 20 years, a state government study has concluded.
Perth-based chemical engineering business Hazer Group has extended its non-binding memorandum of understanding with French utility company ENGIE SA to establish its first facility in Europe.
The first stage of Flat Rocks Wind Farm project, to be operated by Enel Green Power, is estimated to cost $200 million and expected to start by February.
Former Commissioner of the Australian Energy Market Commission Michelle Shepherd has been appointed chairperson of WA’s gas and electricity supplier Synergy.
