Energy

Alinta Energy believes it can cut small business power costs by up to 12.5 per cent if competition is expanded in the state’s electricity market.

Whatever the findings of Michelle Shepherd's report into summer power outages, due to be delivered today, Western Power will be embarking on a massive capital investment program.

The buyer of South Fremantle Power Station remains undisclosed but Synergy says it was not the business which initially approached the government last year.

High prices and global uncertainty typically focus governments’ attention on energy security.

Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle is joining Fortescue Future Industries as chief financial officer in a major coup for Andrew Forrest's green energy business.

Western Power chief executive Ed Kalajzic has departed just days before a review into summer power outages is due to be completed.

The state government will draft a framework for local carbon capture and storage, while it works on its own plans for a 2030 emissions target.

John Van Der Wielen, Ivy Chen and Larry Lopez will head up a $100 million state government program launched to attract investments to potential growth industries.

The state government has some big decisions to make on the future of coal.

Packer & Co’s $2 billion investment fund is down 12 per cent for the month of February after its large portfolio of Russian stocks collapsed in value.

A Danish company is hoping to secure environmental approval for an ambitious offshore wind farm spanning the coast from Bunbury to Mandurah, among the largest proposed globally.

Andrew Forrest’s private company has committed to develop Australia’s largest renewable energy project, while FFI is proceeding with a green energy project.

The $700 million Kwinana Waste to Energy plant being built by Acciona will not be ready until March 2023, as more details about the legal battle around the project come to light.

AGL Energy has rejected a takeover offer from a consortium led by tech mogul Mike Cannon-Brookes, but market experts say it's just a starting bid.

Superior Lake Resources will undergo a name change amid plans to develop a large-scale solar energy project in WA’s South West.

Fortescue Future Industries has hired Minderoo Foundation deputy chief executive Felicity Gooding as commercial general manager amid leadership changes at the company.

Western Power has no plans to move its transmission node neighbouring the South Fremantle Power Station, a possible hurdle for redevelopment of the precinct.

One of Australia’s biggest installers of rooftop solar systems will exit the market, with low margins biting.

Acciona has launched legal action to get out of its contract on Macquarie’s $700 million waste-to-energy project in Kwinana, claiming it has been hamstrung by Western Australia’s border rules.

Synergy has selected a buyer for the old South Fremantle Power Station, but won’t reveal who.

Henderson-based Matrix Composites and Engineering will collaborate with Fortescue Future Industries to develop equipment and materials technologies to support the business' green hydrogen plans.

Fortescue Future Industries has lodged environmental documents for a renewable energy project near Ashburton that would be a multi-billion dollar development to rival the capacity of the state’s entire South West grid.

BHP has welcomed MV Mount Tourmaline to its fleet, the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier which will start transporting iron ore between Western Australia and Asia this year.

UGL has been selected to build the Kurri Kurri gas power plant in NSW, under a $185 million contract.

Contractor Decmil has completed its works on the Sunraysia solar farm in NSW, which were at the centre of a legal dispute with part-owner Maoneng Australia.

Pilbara Solar's $25 million solar farm proposal in the state’s north-west is tipped to get the green light after receiving the backing of the Town of Port Hedland.

Indigenous contractor Cundaline has secured work on a major solar and battery project in the Northern Goldfields to power BHP’s nickel mining operations.

The federal government has awarded Strike Energy’s 1.4 million tonnes per annum urea development major project status, sending shares up 11 per cent.

Engineering and design work on a multi-hundred-million-dollar future fuels plant planned by BP in Kwinana could start within months.

Australia's peak oil and gas lobby group has called for tax incentives in the next federal budget, while conservation groups demand fossil fuel subsidies be slashed.

Perth has posted its highest inflation rate in 20 years, at 5.7 per cent in 2021, as national prices lifted 3.5 per cent.

Vikas Rambal’s Perdaman Group is planning to enter the state’s retail electricity market, with a focus on greener energy.