Neoen's $1 billion Yathroo wind farm has been quietly approved by a Wheatbelt shire, paving the way for its development and an additional 500 megawatts of wind energy into the system.
The state opposition has lambasted Roger Cook's call for big industry to “lean in” to renewable transition, accusing the government of shirking blame for the speed of its renewable rollout.
French renewables giant Neoen has completed the nation's largest battery to date at Collie and engaged a contractor for a new build at Muchea in partnership with US giant Tesla.
The latest round of a federal energy investment scheme designed to derisk private projects is expected to stimulate as much as $4 billion of renewables investment in WA.
WA's energy market operator has highlighted the need for further big investments in power stations and longer-duration batteries to avoid supply shortages in coming years.
Neoen's latest wind farm project in Narrogin has been valued at $450 million, with the proposal to be decided by the Western Australian Planning Commission.
The federal government has backed the development of four big batteries in regional WA, adding to the multi-billion-dollar investment in battery storage already underway in the state.
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.
Collie will host one of Australia's largest Tesla remanufacturing facilities after reaching an agreement with the WA government as part of the town's transition from coal to renewables.
A plan to build a 490-megawatt wind farm in the Mid West has been put before federal regulators, as its developers push to begin producing energy by 2028.
The federal government has selected 19 renewables energy projects for support under its Capacity Investment Scheme but WA projects will have to wait for the next round.
Renewable energy giant Neoen has joined a long list of companies aiming to develop wind farms in WA's South West, though none are currently under construction.
ANALYSIS: Incentives from the Australian Energy Market Operator to stimulate growth of the state's battery storage capacity may have dented a renewable project's production vision.
Neoen's stage 2 project at Collie adds to grid-scale energy storage batteries being built by Synergy and Alinta, with a combined cost in excess of $3 billion.
Western Australia's second state-owned battery storage system is expected to be up and running by late October, with early work on a third to start in a matter of weeks.
Ground has broken on construction of a 100-megawatt battery at Alinta's Wagerup power station which will help smooth out supply for power in the state's South West.
Collie is set to have two large-scale battery energy storage systems, with French renewable energy company Neoen proceeding with construction of a 219 megawatt unit.
The state government has committed $2.8 billion to four green energy projects, as part of an ongoing commitment to its net zero emissions by 2050 target.
More than $1 billion worth of renewable energy projects in Western Australia are closer to fruition following a regional planning body's approvals today.
The Shire of Collie has backed international power producer Neoen's proposal for a $675 million, 1,000-megawatt battery energy storage system on a 31.4-hectare piece of land in Palmer.
France-based power producer Neoen has lodged an application to build a 1,000-megawatt battery energy storage system, at an estimated cost of $675 million.
Woodside has long-term hopes to install up to 500 megawatts of solar generation and 2 gigawatt hours of batteries near Karratha, environmental documents show.
Yara Pilbara and Engie have received a $1 million boost for a planned renewable hydrogen project from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, but Western Australia will not be involved in the establishment of a new Australian Hydrogen Centre.
The South Australian government has awarded Elon Musk's Tesla the contract to build the world's largest lithium ion battery to supply the state with renewable energy, outbidding local company Carnegie Clean Energy.
The federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation has emerged as a surprise backer of Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora lithium mine, and has outlined a broad range of projects that may attract future support.
An international consortium comprising European renewable energy companies, Australian government agencies, and local contractor Otoc has come together to finance and develop a $40 million solar power project at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper mine.
