The shutdown of BHP’s nickel operations has had a silver lining for Kalgoorlie, with Canadian company TransAlta contracted to supply back-up power to the city.
Ian Campbell has reiterated his view that WA is at the forefront of decarbonsation and applauded the Premier for moving in the right direction on approvals.
There has been a record contribution of renewables in Australia with an uptick in solar, wind, and battery generation in the state, a report by the Australian Energy Market Operator shows.
Premier Roger Cook has described native title issues as the "elephant in the room" for regional WA and called on Canberra to shelve its ‘nature positive’ reforms.
Fortescue says it remains committed to hydrogen, after formally withdrawing a proposed $3 billion project from Canada’s environmental approvals process.
Former Fortescue employees have flagged their intention to appeal the Federal Court’s decision to uphold search orders over their company’s Perth premises.
An electrolyser needed to generate hydrogen at Engie Australia and Yara Pilbara’s $87 million Yuri project is still yet to arrive, more than two years after a final investment decision was taken.
Kewdale-based Pacific Energy has struck a deal to build its biggest solar farm, a 35-megawatt facility to be part of the $296 million renewables hub at Gold Fields’ St Ives goldmine.
Wind farm developer Wind With Purpose plans to build a multi-million-dollar wind innovation and skills park on a Coogee-owned site in Rockingham as it seeks to scale up the sector’s WA growth.
Sunrise Energy Group has progressed on its $200 million plan to build a battery in Wellesley, after a development assessment panel unanimously backed the proposal.
The Federal Court has published its reasons for upholding orders allowing Fortescue to seize devices from its former employees, in the ongoing dispute over the company's technology.
A renewable wind and solar system powering Liontown Resources’ Kathleen Valley mine could pave a path to firming Kalgoorlie’s electricity supply, according to the state’s Energy Minister.
The Federal Court has dismissed former Fortescue employees’ bid to set aside search orders in the legal proceedings with the Andrew Forrest-led company.
Frontier Energy has kicked off alternate finance discussions on its $304 million Waroona solar project, after a $23 million capital raise and $215 million debt facility collapsed this week.
A dispute relating to Citation Resources, formerly chaired by Peter Landau, has continued with administrators launching a new legal action in the state's highest court.
A Frontier Energy placement to raise more than $23 million has been scrapped after the solar energy aspirant’s share price plummeted earlier this week, while uncertainty hangs over incoming chair Mark McGowan's start date.
Frontier Energy still expects former premier Mark McGowan to join its board as chair, while the fallout from yesterday's grid access snub appears to have impacted a $40 million capital raise.
Albemarle is mulling a sale of its Australind workers' village after the lithium giant scaled back its $2 billion expansion plan at Kemerton amid ongoing depressed prices.
ANALYSIS: Incentives from the Australian Energy Market Operator to stimulate growth of the state’s battery storage capacity may have dented a renewable project’s production vision.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has given Strike Energy’s proposed South Erregulla peaking power plant a leg up, granting it credits to contribute to the electricity grid in 2026.
Mark McGowan-chaired Frontier Energy shares have plummeted more than 50 per cent, after its Waroona solar project was snubbed by the operator of the state’s electricity grid.
Strike Energy chair John Poynton has committed to restoring value in the company’s stock, after an abrupt sell-down triggered by exploration disappointment earlier this year.
Macquarie Bank has received a record fine from ASIC after an investigation found the institution failed to prevent suspicious orders on the electricity futures market.
Mark McGowan-chaired renewables aspirant Frontier Energy says rare cockatoos will be front of mind, as it starts environmental work on a 565-hectare expansion area at its Waroona project.
The Australian Energy Market Operator went $4 million over budget in Western Australia last financial year, as it counted the cost of delivering a new wholesale electricity market.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA says investment on the scale of Metronet is needed to get the state’s main energy grid running on renewables reliably and affordably.
The world’s first transfer of ammonia between anchored ships has taken place in the Pilbara, a move billed as a milestone for the development of global clean shipping fuel.
