Energy

ASX-listed DUG Technology is filing patents for a hydrogen energy storage system which it hopes to use to support a supercomputer project in Geraldton.

Electricity network and port upgrades will be critical to get a potential 1 million tonne BP ammonia export project near Geraldton off the ground, according to a feasibility study.

The decision on a green energy hub in the Pilbara on environmental grounds surprised many, including the project’s proponents.

An energy industry body representing thousands of companies may sue the federal government if it uses Australia's green bank to invest taxpayer dollars in fossil fuel technology.

Decmil Group has secured work on a windfarm in NSW, as part of a broader contract awarded to its joint venture with South Australia’s RJE Global.

Labor and the Greens have failed in a fresh push to remove the ability of Australia's green bank to invest in fossil fuel technology.

Careful consideration is required before large tracts of outback land are turned over for renewable energy projects.

Western Australia is set to gain more than 30 new electric vehicle charging stations, as part of a $25 million fund to assist in a nationwide rollout.

TransAlta will build a $73 million solar and battery project in the Northern Goldfields to power BHP Nickel West, helping the miner cut carbon for battery products.

A complete redesign of Australia's energy system is needed to ensure ageing coal-fired power generation can be safely and smoothly replaced by renewables.

AGL Energy will give investors a say on reducing carbon emissions but some argue the energy provider needs to do more.

There’s no template when it comes to choosing winners in sustainable energy.

Government intervention in energy markets has grown in recent years, with winners chosen potentially at the expense of consumers.

Fortescue Metals Group is preparing branding for its green hydrogen and steel arm, with more than 30 trademarks pending, including the slogan 'The Power of Now'.

The state’s economic regulator is working out how best to balance a need for storage on the electricity grid against concerns Western Power could gain an anti-competitive advantage.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group is accumulating tenements near the coastline around Carnarvon, with applications lodged for more than 50 blocks in recent weeks.

Money is seeking a safer home as the threat of inflation looms.

State government-owned Western Power was negligent and is partly liable for the January 2014 Perth Hills bushfire, a Court of Appeal decision found today.

Shadow minister Neil Thomson says the giant AREH hydrogen project's ammonia production should be built in Port Hedland and not near the Eighty Mile Beach wetlands.

An industry participation plan has been approved for a potential $500 million-plus expansion of CSBP’s ammonia production in Kwinana, with Technip undertaking Feed work.

Synergy’s $120 million Kwinana battery project will head to development assessment next Tuesday, at least the third utility-scale storage proposal to be reviewed this year.

Alinta Energy is seeking environmental assent for a 60 megawatt gas generator and 40MW battery in Port Hedland, after development approval was deferred.

Synergy will run a rapid expression of interest process to redevelop the South Fremantle Power Station, after receiving an unsolicited bid.

A plan to allow Australia's renewable energy agency to invest in non-renewable technologies has been shot down in the Senate.

The Nationals are open to discussing the prime minister's preference for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but they want to square the ledger for the regions.

The difficulty of building large scale hydrogen export projects has been brought into sharp focus after a multi-billion dollar Pilbara proposal was knocked back on environmental grounds.

Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has declared it is crucial to strive towards achieving net zero carbon emissions.

The petroleum industry and environmental activists may have clashed this week but they are both heading in the same direction on emissions reduction.

Rooftop solar uptake could grow by 8 per cent a year in the next decade, while household batteries are proving popular in the western suburbs.

Hydrogen hopeful Hazer Group has revealed its planned demonstration plant could cost 29 per cent more than first estimated, with shares down 9 per cent.

Western Australia will be battling with other states to build a hydrogen industry, and won’t be able to rely on its traditional advantages, a senior state bureaucrat has said.

Australia is not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions and risks being left behind as other countries race to embrace renewable energy.