Alannah MacTiernan has returned from promoting WA’s green hydrogen potential in Europe more confident than ever the state can develop the industry, including manufacturing electrolysers.
Acting Synergy boss David Fyfe has been appointed chief executive, with the state enterprise set to work through coal closures and a lift in government funding.
Five years after the state government declared it wanted to make electricity prices cost reflective, Synergy is set to receive about $1.7 billion of subsidies over the next four years.
The state government will allocate nearly $60 million in the upcoming state budget to prepare for the "rapid uptake" of electric or hydrogen fuel vehicles, including $36.5 million for rebates.
Red Hill has been selected as the site for Woodside Petroleum’s first plant turning carbon emissions into ethanol after a deal with the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council.
Alinta Energy has warned Western Power’s proposed regulatory deal could lead to higher electricity prices and favour rooftop solar ahead of utility-scale renewables.
A three-day trial has been set to determine whether WA's COVID border rules are reason enough to allow contractor Acciona to exit Macquarie’s $700 million Avertas Energy project.
A push by the AGL Energy board to demerge the company with the 75 per cent shareholder approval is facing a potential hurdle after a billionaire bought shares.
Delorean Corporation has booked a $7.3 million contract for operations and maintenance work on top of a $45 million bioenergy project it is set to build later this year.
Rising international fuel prices and outages at Australia's coal-fired power plants are pushing wholesale electricity costs up, the market operator has warned.
Alcoa has announced an $8.6 million grant from the federal government’s renewable energy agency just days after locking in a grant from the WA government.
An electric vehicle for underground mines and a geothermal development in the Mid West are among more than a dozen projects to have secured grants worth nearly $14 million.
BHP Nickel West has signed a 12-year deal with Italian renewables company Enel Group to source wind power from the under-development Flat Rocks Wind Farm.
Alinta Energy wants development approval for a bigger than expected battery at Port Hedland Power Station, but the planned gas generator expansion will be slower.
Fortescue Metals has clarified a statement by Andrew Forrest implying that a partnership between E.ON and Fortescue Future Industries could see the companies fork out $50 billion.
Infinite Blue Energy will buy the Northam Solar Farm and hopes to invest $80 million to build a green hydrogen project; while a deal for Merredin Solar Farm is progressing.
Woodside Petroleum's solar thermal commercial demonstration plant in California is moving forward, while it has agreed with partner Heliogen to market the technology in Australia.
A review into a series of electricity outages which left thousands of customers without power for up to 12 hours over Christmas has found demand during heatwave conditions went beyond Western Power's capacity.
Hancock Group has been cleared to proceed with its largest investment into the energy sector after the federal court approved its joint bid with POSCO to acquire Senex Energy.
Woodside hopes to make ethanol from carbon emissions through a deal with two US businesses, while BP recently signed Honeywell for green diesel technology at the old Kwinana refinery site.
The company building the Hazelmere wood waste-to-energy project has entered administration, after work on the plant stopped around Christmas amid rising cost pressures.
Transformers that could explode, a 38 per cent rise in bushfires and increased chances of a system blackout are key risks identified by Western Power, Business News can reveal.
