Oil and gas giant BP has offered a glimmer of hope to its WA renewable projects portfolio one year after cutting investment in the global green energy transition.
This week's appointments include Meg O'Neill, Daniel Kiely, John Van Der Wielen, Paula Rogers, David Lock, Fiona Seaward, Jean Shaw, Craig Bydder, Peter Cutler, and Paul Anderson.
The lead proponent in the $55 billion Australian Renewable Energy Hub hopes to pull the trigger on a final investment decision as early as 2027, despite the withdrawal of energy giant BP.
The state Environmental Protection Authority will not assess Woodside's proposal to capture carbon from its Browse project beneath the sea floor, despite intense public interest.
Leaders, including BP's Rachael Risucci and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations' Judith Barker, have signed up to fundraise for people in need through a debut Perth event.
The backer of WA's biggest active biorefinery plan wants to see the federal government's $1.1 billion biofuels fund used to stimulate domestic demand for low carbon fuels.
BP has formally walked away from its lead stake in a $55 billion green hydrogen project in the Pilbara, in a third major blow for the nascent sector this week.
The Pilbara port authority has struck agreements with four groups planning to use the logistics hub at its new Lumsden Point wharf while also awarding a further construction contract.
A federal government listing of high priority renewable energy projects has 56 across the country with a notable aspect being the shortage of transmissions projects in WA's South West.
BP says it will continue design work on its multi-billion-dollar local renewable energy project book, as the dust settles from its global refocus on oil and gas.
The scale of BP's shift away from renewables has been revealed, with the company announcing a plan to slash new energy spend by $US5 billion globally per year and ramp up oil and gas investment.
Premier Roger Cook still expects BP to deliver on its $600 million Kwinana biofuels refinery plan, after yesterday's announcement that the project would be “rephased”.
BP has shelved its $600 million renewable fuel hub at Kwinana, in a move it says was taken to improve capital efficiency and align with government policies.
The WA government is yet to sign land deals for two industrial hubs nearly two years after it offered the sites to green energy and manufacturing proponents.
A partnership between Nufarm and the CSIRO has achieved a breakthrough in the production of plant oils, providing higher yields in hopes it can be used as fuel without impacting food security.
The state government has taken the next step in its billion-dollar plan to decarbonise the Pilbara, as it seeks proponents to build the transmission lines to deliver its plan.
Dateline Resources drilling has reeled in two giant hits going 1g/t gold, including a richer zone of 10.7m of 8.17g/t, as it works to bring its Colosseum project in California back into production. The company says its first two diamond drillholes show 203.6m grading 1.03g/t gold and 192m running at 1g/t, confirming the potential for expanded mineralisation at the site.
Construction on a $5 billion desalination plant could begin within two years as its project partners prepare to lodge their plans to the state's environmental watchdog.
A $5 billion desalination plant providing water to green industries in the Pilbara is on the cards under a partnership formed between a French utilities giant and traditional owners.
A pastoral station just north of Kalbarri could be home to Australia's first giga-scale hydrogen development after its backers introduced major changes.
Detail of Australia's long-awaited response to the US Inflation Reduction Act will soon be made public, with domestic advanced manufacturing and a clean energy incentive scale-up on the cards.
BP's $1 billion Kwinana biorefinery has received ministerial approval at the recommendation of the Environmental Protection Authority, subject to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
