Energy

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.

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.

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

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.