An electric vehicle for underground mines and a geothermal development in the Mid West are among more than a dozen projects to have secured grants worth nearly $14 million.
Alinta Energy wants development approval for a bigger than expected battery at Port Hedland Power Station, but the planned gas generator expansion will be slower.
Synergy's $120 million Kwinana battery project will head to development assessment next Tuesday, at least the third utility-scale storage proposal to be reviewed this year.
Alinta Energy is seeking environmental assent for a 60 megawatt gas generator and 40MW battery in Port Hedland, after development approval was deferred.
A $200 million battery and gas power expansion in South Hedland has had development approval deferred three months to ensure the project is EPA compliant.
The Australian government will become a shareholder in mining and infrastructure projects across northern Australia after widening the mandate of a $5 billion investment fund.
Fortescue Metals Group is anticipating iron ore exports to be at the upper end of guidance after posting record shipments for the first half of 2020, while also announcing plans to spend $US450 million ($A668 million) on a solar-gas power facility.
The use of renewable energy in the mining sector is being given a boost, with the federal government and Alinta Energy jointly funding a $200 million solar facility that will help to power Fortescue Metals Group's iron ore mines.
Synergy has secured a substantial electricity supply deal with the North Metropolitan Health Service, one of several electricity contracts awarded by government agencies in the health and education sectors in recent months.
SPECIAL REPORT: Gas peaking generation and utility scale batteries will become increasingly valuable in WA as coal power units are retired and new wind farms come online.
SPECIAL REPORT: Four prospective domestic gas projects will be key to ensuring adequate supply in WA in the next decade, despite new facilities recently starting up.
The state government will shut two more generating units at the Muja coal power station, in October 2022 and October 2024, much earlier than scheduled.
Chevron has announced its Wheatstone domestic gas plant is ready to begin regular supply, two months after successful test flows into the market and two years after the first LNG shipment.
The federal government should offer Western Australia funding for power storage projects in proportion to its spending in the east, Energy Minister Bill Johnston says, while moves to introduce reserve capacity auctions and retail contestability locally are off his agenda.
Alinta Energy has given the green light to the $400 million Yandin wind farm development north of Perth, with the company saying it will dial down production from its gas portfolio to make room for the new capacity.
Electricity has started flowing from APA Group's Badgingarra wind farm in recent days, while two of the state's major coal generating units have been powered down due to low demand.
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Alinta has received regulatory approval to build a transmission line linking the Roy Hill mine to Fortescue's Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mines, a move that would enable the iron ore miner to continue its shift away from diesel power.
The state government appears to be continuing to back away from plans to introduce increased competition in electricity retailing, with Economics and Industry Committee chair Jessica Shaw saying she'd like to see more evidence it would reduce prices.
SPECIAL REPORT: About $3 billion of electricity projects are in the pipeline in WA, but technological change and regulatory pressure are creating investment uncertainty.
Sydney-based energy supplier AGL Energy has continued its slow growth in to the WA market, with its annual results revealing it had secured 21,000 gas customers locally by the end of June.
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Sydney-based utility APA Group will expand its 130-megawatt wind farm project at Badgingarra to include a 17.5 megawatt solar farm, after extending a power purchasing agreement with Alinta Energy.
A new utility-scale battery launched in the Pilbara by Alinta Energy today will be Australia's second biggest, behind Elon Musk's Tesla battery in South Australia.
The state government has today announced that two private investors will co-invest with Synergy in a joint venture that is planning to build up to 210 megawatts of renewable energy projects in the South West Interconnected System.
An east coast energy retailer backed by a French multinational will become the fifth player selling to consumers in the local gas market, after receiving approval by the Economic Regulation Authority today.
Sydney-based energy supplier AGL Energy has secured 7,000 customers in Western Australia since its July 2017 local launch, according to the company's half-yearly report.
