Six energy retailers outside of Synergy have been found to have accepted overpayments into closed customer accounts, following an Economic Regulation Authority crackdown.
Grants to get projects shovel-ready are needed to help Indigenous-backed renewable energy plans come to fruition, according to the boss of a Kimberley Aboriginal corporation.
St Vincent de Paul Society Western Australia (Vinnies WA) has announced the appointment of Ann Curran as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately.
A key lieutenant of Kerry Stokes, a rail executive, and a management consultant have been picked by the state government to fill vacant board roles at Horizon Power.
Horizon Power is operating with reduced numbers around the boardroom table, fueling concerns about the sluggish rollout of new power infrastructure in the state's north-west.
WA Country Health Service has awarded almost $300 million in contract work to more than a dozen contractors in the state, over regular and short-term security services.
The Environmental Protection Authority is seeking feedback on whether it should assess plans for a 30-megawatt power station in Derby using a mix of solar and gas power.
Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has called on WA's fledgling hydrogen sector to disregard a drop-off in sentiment and push ahead with project development.
Exmouth could be 80 per cent powered by renewable energy by 2026, after Horizon Power tapped Pacific Energy to build a solar farm and two batteries under a power purchase deal.
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.
Minerals explorer Australian Vanadium has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of its vanadium flow battery, bound for Horizon Power's pilot renewable energy project in Kununurra.
Engineering consultant GHD has won a contract to carry out preliminary engineering on a shared-use power transmission network designed to support the Pilbara's decarbonisation.
BHP's iron ore boss has called for greater collaboration to build an interconnected Pilbara energy grid to help the region's industry heavyweights decarbonise.
A plan to deliver transmission infrastructure connecting Woodside's Pluto LNG plant and Maitland solar farm to the state's North West Interconnected System will cost $166.3 million.
More than 6,000 residents and businesses in Broome will finally be able to install rooftop solar, after more than two years of capacity limits which ruled out new installations in the town.
Constraints which blocked Karratha residents and businesses from connecting residential solar to the North West Interconnect System grid have been removed, Horizon Power has revealed.
Zinc bromine and sodium sulphur batteries will be tested at microgrids in regional Western Australia, as Horizon Power looks to beat the impacts of heat on its remote storage solutions.
The Goldfields is an obvious place to build a wind farm, according to Energy Minister Reece Whitby, as he begins the task of finding out how the state's largest outback town was left without power for days.
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 state government's EV charging network has hit the Pilbara, with the first of six EV fast chargers planned for the region launched at Karratha this morning.
State-owned energy retailer Synergy has recorded a before tax loss of $732.6 million last financial year, attributed to contracts where expenses exceed economic benefit.
Horizon Power has boosted its fuel storage in the North West to better cope with wet season inundation in the wake of this year's Fitzroy River floods.
Minerals explorer Australian Vanadium has notched a deal with Horizon Power to source and install a battery for a pilot renewable energy project in the Kimberley.
A $715 million state budget package to ease financial pressures from households will include $450 million worth in energy bill relief from the WA government.
Former Commissioner of the Australian Energy Market Commission Michelle Shepherd has been appointed chairperson of WA's gas and electricity supplier Synergy.
