Energy

Fortescue's green hydrogen arm has bought a 60 per cent stake in Netherlands-based High yield Energy Technologies Group (HyET).

GenusPlus Group has won a $50 million contract to install a 200 megawatt hour battery, understood to be in Kwinana.

There's plenty of hope for hydrogen, but the sector needs to avoid playing into hype.

A survey of government backbenchers found 12 support the 2050 net-zero emissions target being pushed by the prime minister and his treasurer.

The state's main power grid will likely face operational security issues by 2024, later than previously expected.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has declared it is in Australia's interest to back global climate targets as he makes the economic case for a 2050 net zero emissions goal.

Energy provider AGL has defeated climate activists' attempts to more quickly part with its coal-fired power, including an 18-year-old challenger for a board role.

Local IT services firm Empired has won a managed services contract worth at least $9 million from state-owned Horizon Power.

Political debate about coal power is boiling but economics and engineering will have a substantial impact.

Power generator TransAlta hopes to expand its renewable energy presence in Australia.

The Pilbara is one of seven sites nationally identified as a prospective hydrogen hub, but not the Mid West.

WA is ideally placed to secure reliable renewable energy from offshore wind farms.

State government payments to electricity producer Synergy are nearly four times higher than expected just two years ago, with $395 million planned this financial year.

The East Rockingham Waste to Energy project has won a public tender to process residual waste from the Western Metropolitan Regional Council.

The state's peak environmental body will review the impact of Alinta Energy's $200 million plan to expand Port Hedland Power Station.

Cleantech business Hazer Group and marine technology manufacturer VEEM have raised a combined $13 million from share placements to fund research and development initiatives.

BP will assess the feasibility of hydrogen production at Kwinana, while the state government has promised a further $62 million for hydrogen projects.

The federal government has hit back at a senior United Nations official's call for Australia to accept coal's days are numbered.

It's unlikely the debate over climate change will lead to an honest debate about nuclear energy in Australia.

Laws to allow offshore wind and other clean energy technologies to be built and operated have been introduced to parliament.

Billionaire Andrew Forrest says there are scams in offsetting carbon emissions and has defended Fortescue Metals Group for not doing so.

Monadelphous's partly owned subsidiary, Zenviron, has secured work on the Rye Park wind farm in regional NSW.

Some aspects of the push for greener energy are having unintended consequences.

Carbon capture and storage is one of several technologies we'll need to adopt to meet our emissions targets.

Origin Energy has reported an annual loss of $2.3 billion after a massive write-down.

Renewable hydrogen will soon be blended into Perth's gas network after the state government granted Atco $2 million for a project in Jandakot.

Developing a hydrogen industry will be critical for WA's economy if LNG fades, but there should be no illusion it will be simple.

Monadelphous has secured $200 million in construction and maintenance contracts including with mining majors BHP and Rio Tinto.

Perth company Infinite Blue Energy has achieved a recruiting coup, signing up former Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman as its chairman.

Energy generator and retailer AGL has posted a $2.06 billion full-year loss due to hefty write-downs and lower power prices.

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.