Energy

Australia's carbon market has been through a tumultuous two months, but local players are positive about long-term growth.

An export-scale ammonia plant backed by 5.2 gigawatts of renewable power near Kalbarri has been submitted for environmental assessment.

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.

The need for greater self-sufficiency is coming into stark focus as established trade practices are upended by tariffs and war in Europe.

Western Power has been fined $45,000 over its "inadequate" testing procedure which caused hundreds of dollars of damage at a Lancelin property.

Alinta Energy has lodged environmental documents for a 90 megawatt Port Hedland solar farm, days after receiving development approval for a battery.

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.

Synergy is taking the owners of NewGen Kwinana power station to court in a bid to claw back $16.9 million it claims it paid them “by mistake”.

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.

The war in Ukraine is likely to lift emissions in the short term, but may accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.

Energy companies could soon be forced to give more notice before they close under a proposal from the federal government.

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.

Former treasurer Mike Nahan is chairing a business that plans to manufacture cathode material in Kwinana.

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.

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.