Six energy retailers outside of Synergy have been found to have accepted overpayments into closed customer accounts, following an Economic Regulation Authority crackdown.
The Federal Government will cut fees and reduce red tape around offshore windfarms in a bid to encourage investment and innovation in the struggling renewables sector.
The federal government has not put a line through offshore wind project development off the coast of Bunbury, revealing it has shortlisted two multinationals to explore project delivery.
Major global companies are walking away from opportunities to build offshore wind farms near Bunbury as the federal government extends the period for applications for a second time.
An electrolyser needed to generate hydrogen at Engie Australia and Yara Pilbara's $87 million Yuri project is still yet to arrive, more than two years after a final investment decision was taken.
International energy company ATCO has scrapped plans to build what had been promoted as one of Western Australia's first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects.
Scott Morrison has used his trip to Western Australia to announce grants for eight businesses in the mining and energy sector, with the biggest grants going to two new hydrogen hubs.
The state government has pledged $2 million for a Burrup renewable hydrogen project, after revealing it had 65 expressions of interest for an Oakajee hydrogen precinct.
