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.
CIMIC Group's engineering arm UGL has secured contracts and extensions with existing Western Australian clients, including Alcoa, Woodside, Chevron, and BP.
Engineering firm UGL will undertake a major power network maintenance and upgrade program for Western Power under a $125 million deal announced on Friday.
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.
Alinta Energy has appointed two contractors to build its $180 million solar battery project in Port Hedland while continuing to assess a big sell-down of its WA operations.
BHP has joined Rio Tinto in committing to assemble some of its iron ore rail cars in Perth, in a move the state government hopes will lead to more substantial manufacturing in future.
