Energy

Energy utility owner Duet Group is set to become a bigger player in the WA market, after announcing an agreed $1.4 billion takeover of remote power producer Energy Developments.

A Perth-based clean energy company has been awarded another major contract with a deal to build a major solar power station that will power part of the world's largest telescope.

Gas and energy giant Woodside Petroleum's revenue has been cut by 36 per cent as a result of sliding LNG prices.

As many as 20 Western Australian mining companies are considering adopting solar power, according to the developer of a $40 million solar project at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper mine.

An international consortium comprising European renewable energy companies, Australian government agencies, and local contractor Otoc has come together to finance and develop a $40 million solar power project at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper mine.

A local waste technology solutions company backed by Monadelphous Group has completed the biological ramp-up phase of commissioning its waste-to-energy plant in Shenton Park, nearly eight months behind schedule.

Several local councils are hoping the state's assets privatisation program will give them control over one of their most significant expenses – the cost of operating street lights.

ATCO Australia has announced the appointment of Bobbi Lambright as its new managing director and chief operating officer, replacing Wayne Stensby in the Perth-based role overseeing a major energy utility and mobile accommodation builder.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has awarded a front-end engineering and design contract to a consortium comprising two NYSE-listed companies, for its proposed Browse FLNG project.

AGL Energy will make more than $600 million worth of writedowns on its upstream gas ventures and sell underperforming businesses as it battles uncertainty surrounding oil and gas prices.

France's Technip and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries have been signed up as the lead engineering and construction contractors for the Browse floating LNG project, continuing similar work they have undertaken for the Prelude FLNG project.

Coogee Chemicals has started the new financial year with a freshly installed executive chairman in Tim Martin, and a new managing director in Grant Lukey.

One out of every five Australian households now has solar energy installed, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

Woodside Petroleum has stuck with its planned timetable for the Browse gas project, announcing today it has reached agreement with its joint venture partners to commence front-end engineering and design ahead of a final investment decision by the end of 2016.

The value of Australian iron ore exports is expected to fall next year as strong growth in production volumes is offset by a slump in prices to a forecast $US52.10 per tonne in 2016.

WA has become a leader in wave energy, but commercial realities loom as a major constraint to rolling out the technology to the national electricity market.

Renewable energy and battery storage products could shake up how things are done in WA's resources sector.

The state government expects to reap inabout $1 billion in revenue after signing a development agreement with the Woodside Petroleum-led Browse consortium to supply 800 perajoules of gas to the domestic market.

Australia's first ‘electric highway' is being unveiled today, connecting Perth to the South West through a series of fast-fill charging stations.

Stonehenge Metals has entered into an agreement with Yanchep Beach joint venture for collaboration on the development of a wave farm off the state's coast to potentially supply energy to the Two Rocks community.

Metals explorer TNG has signed a deal with a local renewable energy group for the supply and installation of a solar power system at its flagship Mount Peake vanadium project in the Northern Territory.

THE launch this month of independent oil and gas producer Quadrant Energy has underlined the big role private equity investors play in Western Australia, owning more than a dozen major businesses a

State-owned electricity provider Synergy has declared itself to be at the ‘leading edge' of energy management and storage technologies, after selecting a Perth contractor for a trial electricity battery storage project in Perth's north.

Pacific Energy has won a contract to build, own and maintain a 14 megawatt power station at Saracen Mineral Holding's Thunderbox gold project near Leinster for an undisclosed sum.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has achieved a significant milestone at its waste-to-energy plant in Shenton Park, with Western Power approving its connection to the electricity grid.

Origin Energy will take $150 million in costs out of the business by June next year to defend its position as the nation's largest utility company.

A looming shortage of skilled technicians in the oil and gas industry is the latest opportunity local business Blue Tongue is planning to tackle.

DBP Transmission, the owner and operator of the Dampier natural gas pipeline, has signed up for a $245 million, seven-year debt facility with a Japanese bank.

A 270 kilometre-long gas pipeline connecting Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon hub operations to the Dampier natural gas pipeline was officially opened today.

Energy provider AGL has unveiled plans to sell off more than $1 billion worth of assets and cut costs by $200 million within two years, sending its share price to its highest level in eight years.

Western Australia has developed a strong edge in resources technology but must continue to invest in innovation as it faces competition from other regional players and beyond, according to the Western Australian Energy Research Alliance.

Woodside Petroleum has provided some telling insights into how it plans to achieve $800 million in productivity gains by the end of next year; as well as chopping 600 jobs, it has slashed the number of vendors supplying its Australian business from 3,000 to 800.