Woodside Energy’s Perth-based head of new energy initiatives, Shaun Gregory, will step into an advisory role after a C-suite shake up at the LNG producer.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has substantially eased immediate forecasts of a looming shortfall in the state’s major electricity grid but warned of the need for continued investment in capacity.
A pastoral station just north of Kalbarri could be home to Australia’s first giga-scale hydrogen development after its backers introduced major changes.
Synergy’s 142-megawatt King Rocks windfarm near Hyden will be delivered at a cost above $500 million, around $200 million higher than a price tag placed on the project in 2022.
The global investor that owns construction giant Multiplex, major CBD office towers and WA’s freight rail network is set to own the state’s largest grid-scale battery.
The Western Australia Liberal Party has poured cold water on the federal coalition's plan for nuclear power in the state, while backing coal to keep the lights on.
Households and businesses could provide half the nation’s energy by 2050, according to an EY report, provided energy markets are restructured to support consumer participation.
Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam says her position on nuclear has not changed, despite suggestions by federal opposition leader Peter Dutton that a site like Collie could one day host a nuclear power plant.
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher wants government to let the free market drive decarbonisation, claiming an agenda against fossil fuels will not facilitate an effective transition.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has claimed a new CSIRO report on the cost of building future electricity generation, released today, has “torpedoed Dutton’s nuclear fantasy”.
Yara Pilbara has conceded its vision for an ammonia plant fueled by green hydrogen is years away, as it explores options for carbon capture alongside Woodside Energy and Santos.
The cost of building a large-scale nuclear power plant in Australia would be at least $8.5 billion, according to the CSIRO and the energy market operator.
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has hit out at the Greens for their role in delaying approvals consultation reform which would deliver clarity to the oil and gas industry.
WA Environment Minister Reece Whitby has challenged a room of gas industry delegates to avoid going the way of “the dinosaurs and Kodak” while warning against climate “lip service”.
The state’s energy market regulator has pushed back on a request for almost $100 million in additional funds from energy market participants to run the state’s wholesale electricity market.
The Federal Government has unveiled a $22.7 billion price tag for its Future Made in Australia initiative, including a production tax incentive for critical minerals – starting in 2027.
Western Power customers will pay an extra 9.5 per cent on average for services in the coming financial year, after the utility’s proposed price structure got a conditional regulatory tick.
A plan to deliver transmission infrastructure connecting Woodside’s Pluto LNG plant and Maitland solar farm to the state’s North West Interconnected System will cost $166.3 million.
More than 6,000 residents and businesses in Broome will finally be able to install rooftop solar, after more than two years of capacity limits which ruled out new installations in the town.
Neoen’s stage 2 project at Collie adds to grid-scale energy storage batteries being built by Synergy and Alinta, with a combined cost in excess of $3 billion.
The state government says its energy load reduction scheme has had no ramifications for water supply, despite summer supply scalebacks at the Water Corp’s Binningup desalination plant.
A recent beaching event near Dunsborough in which 28 pilot whales died had nothing to do with offshore wind farm plans for the area, the state government has confirmed.
Premier Roger Cook has labelled the actions of protestors at this week’s Woodside Energy AGM despicable and threatening and says police should take them seriously.
