Alinta Energy has appointed two contractors to build its $180 million solar battery project in Port Hedland while continuing to assess a big sell-down of its WA operations.
The costs of school and medical services in Perth have almost tripled over the past 20 years, as analysis by Business News reveals where households have been hit hardest by inflation.
Woodside Energy’s annual meeting was subject to a vocal cohort of discontented shareholders who aired grievances about the company’s climate policy by voting against the board.
The government body that operates the wholesale energy market in WA has applied for a 76 per cent increase in capital spending after underestimating the complexity of market reforms.
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill says the company backs an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, while also taking aim at a 'vocal minority' accused of trying to shut down the oil and gas industry.
Minderoo Foundation has continued its support of war-stricken Ukraine by delivering $3.2 million worth of generators for civillians to access emergency power.
Mineral Resources’ Shelley Robertson will leave the company’s budding energy division ahead of a merger with Norwest Energy, coinciding with some disappointing results out of the Perth Basin.
ASX-listed chemical engineering business Hazer Group will partner with Chubu Electric and Chiyoda to draw up plans for a commercial scale hydrogen facility in central Japan.
Arafura Rare Earths has signed with global wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa to supply at least 200 tonnes of minerals a year from its Nolans project.
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.
