The list of renewable hydrogen projects eligible for a share of $2 billion worth of Commonwealth funding has been whittled down to six, with two Western Australian projects making the cut.
Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA has won the contract to design and build WA’s next desalination plant at Alkimos after beating a rival bid from CPB Contractors, according to industry sources.
Western Australia faces gas shortage over the next decade unless major new supplies are developed, with shortages more extreme from 2031 after the government shuts its coal-fired power stations.
The state government is spending nearly $500,000 evaluating the establishment of a German innovation institute in WA to accelerate the take-up of clean energy and support decarbonization.
WA's immediate decarbonisation efforts will prioritise the electricity grid, identifying it as a key to unlocking emissions reduction opportunities in more challenging sections of the economy.
Woodside is one step closer to developing a solar farm, valued at up to $300 million, to supply energy to the Burrup Peninsula and its Pluto LNG plant.
Roger Cook says the funding will deliver certainty, but critics say its an admission of failure and rubber stamps the closure of Griffin Coal and Bluewaters power station in 2026.
Premier Roger Cook is expected to announce a three-year extension to operating subsidies paid to embattled miner Griffin Coal, with the total bill set to exceed $150 million.
North Metropolitan TAFE students will have hands-on experience and training in renewable energy infrastructure after the campus signed an agreement with Horizon Power.
The taxpayer-funded financial lifeline propping up the insolvent Griffin Coal Mining Company over the past year is closing in on $40 million, according to state government figures.
Fortescue Future Industries’ South and Southeast Asia president Allard Nooy has joined the migration of senior staffers departing the company in recent months.
Reactive domestic gas policy changes by the state government present a threat to stable supply in Western Australia, according to Strike Energy chair John Poynton.
Fortescue Metals Group has pressed ‘go’ on two mid-scale hydrogen developments and a small trial project in WA but surprisingly is not proceeding with the Gibson Island project in Queensland.
Australia's biggest emitter AGL has avoided a second strike on remuneration after accelerating plans to shut coal power plants and build more renewable assets.
The federal government has tipped $70 million into bp’s proposed Kwinana green hydrogen hub as the development enters the front-end engineering and design phase.
A $575 million investment in WA’s major electricity grid is designed to facilitate energy opportunities in a state “up to its guts” in the energy transition, according to Premier Roger Cook.
The boss of Australia’s native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.
Electric vehicle chargers for CAT buses will be installed at Elizabeth Quay from the beginning of 2024, as the state and federal governments aim to electrify Perth’s central bus service.
The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn’t suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.
Fortescue’s proposed multi-billion-dollar renewable energy hub in the Pilbara has been shelved as the miner insists it will meet bold decarbonisation targets by 2030.
The City of Perth will not bear the cost of a hydrogen refuelling station proposed for construction in West Perth under a partnership with ASX-listed Frontier Energy.
City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is confident the planned installation of the state’s first public hydrogen vehicle refuelling station on Thomas Street will have a domino effect.
