Woodside Petroleum executive Fiona Hick has today become the first woman to be appointed president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.
AGL boss Brett Redman is leaving the energy provider after only last month starting efforts to create separate coal-fired power and clean energy businesses.
Scott Morrison has told a Karratha business breakfast he hopes Australia can achieve net zero emissions by 2050, saying the Pilbara will be key in the energy transition.
The federal energy minister has launched a strident defence of gas, claiming those against expanding the fossil fuel's role in Australia are against the interests of the nation.
Fortescue Metals Group has brought forward its target date for being carbon neutral, with the company spruiking green hydrogen while also talking down the future of gas.
40under40: In 2013 at the age of just 28, Joe Oliver co-founded what has become Delorean Corporation, an integrated group of companies advancing Australia's emerging renewable bioenergy market.
West Perth-based waste-to-energy company Delorean Corporation plans to list on the ASX in April after raising $14 million from an initial public offering.
An aggressive switch to green energy and manufacturing is the boldest economic policy of the state election campaign, though the promise has many challenges.
Perth company Western Gas has partnered with leading Australian energy infrastructure business APA Group to begin an assessment of its ambitious transcontinental pipeline plan.
WA Labor has promised $259 million for renewable manufacturing, including for 1,000 standalone power systems, while hitting back at LG's support of the Liberal energy plan.
Zak Kirkup's energy plan has won the support of LG, which has written to the opposition leader to express interest in helping implement the plan if he becomes premier in March.
Bill Johnston has amped up Labor's attack on an ambitious energy plan proposed by the WA Liberals, but opposition energy spokesman David Honey says he's under no illusions it will be easy.
Consumers could save money and capital spending needs be delayed by adopting dynamic pricing for roads, public transport and electricity, a report released Monday contends.
The Liberal Party has unveiled a $250 million pledge to boost the state's manufacturing industry by providing one-off cash grants to incentivise industry development and expand international markets.
An offtake deal to support 1.5GW of renewable capacity, a WA Liberal election proposal, could cost about $230 million a year, industry sources suggest.
ASX-listed Pilot Energy, which has proposed a large renewable hydrogen project off the Mid West coast, has entered a trading halt with plans to make an acquisition announcement.
As firefighters attempt to contain an out-of-control blaze in Perth's east, the state's peak resources body has established an initiative to raise much-needed funds.
Blue Phoenix Group is planning to invest $20 million establishing a specialist processing facility in Kwinana after striking a contract with the developer of a giant waste-to-energy plant.
With bushfire smoke covering Perth and minimal wind, the state's coal power generators ran at full capacity for a period in Tuesday afternoon's sweltering heat.
