Energy

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.

Hazer Group shares fell 9 per cent today after a manufacturing defect in its reactor vessel further set back its demonstration project.

Perth Energy has more than doubled its business customer base, while Amanda Energy and CleanTech also grew their presence in the retail power market.

A court has overturned a June 2020 ruling requiring Synergy to pay the owners of the Newgen Kwinana power station a fee for periods when the plant was in reserve.

The Australian Hydrogen Conference will come to Perth in November 2022, with hydrogen minister Alannah MacTiernan flagging the state's significant potential in the budding industry.

Woodside has long-term hopes to install up to 500 megawatts of solar generation and 2 gigawatt hours of batteries near Karratha, environmental documents show.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals is set to proceed with its $1.2 billion Mardie project after overcoming opposition from Santos and Chevron, which were concerned about risks to WA's gas supply.

With about 18 per cent of Australia's emissions from transport, the lack of leadership on a shift to electric vehicles is noteworthy.

Rio Tinto has signed a deal to buy the Rincon lithium project in Argentina for $US825 million ($A1.2 billion) as majors eye a supply crunch later this decade.