WA's immediate decarbonisation efforts will prioritise the electricity grid, identifying it as a key to unlocking emissions reduction opportunities in more challenging sections of the economy.
Woodside is one step closer to developing a solar farm, valued at up to $300 million, to supply energy to the Burrup Peninsula and its Pluto LNG plant.
Roger Cook says the funding will deliver certainty, but critics say its an admission of failure and rubber stamps the closure of Griffin Coal and Bluewaters power station in 2026.
Premier Roger Cook is expected to announce a three-year extension to operating subsidies paid to embattled miner Griffin Coal, with the total bill set to exceed $150 million.
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 taxpayer-funded financial lifeline propping up the insolvent Griffin Coal Mining Company over the past year is closing in on $40 million, according to state government figures.
Fortescue Future Industries' South and Southeast Asia president Allard Nooy has joined the migration of senior staffers departing the company in recent months.
Reactive domestic gas policy changes by the state government present a threat to stable supply in Western Australia, according to Strike Energy chair John Poynton.
Fortescue Metals Group has pressed ‘go' on two mid-scale hydrogen developments and a small trial project in WA but surprisingly is not proceeding with the Gibson Island project in Queensland.
Australia's biggest emitter AGL has avoided a second strike on remuneration after accelerating plans to shut coal power plants and build more renewable assets.
The federal government has tipped $70 million into bp's proposed Kwinana green hydrogen hub as the development enters the front-end engineering and design phase.
A $575 million investment in WA's major electricity grid is designed to facilitate energy opportunities in a state “up to its guts” in the energy transition, according to Premier Roger Cook.
The boss of Australia's native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.
Electric vehicle chargers for CAT buses will be installed at Elizabeth Quay from the beginning of 2024, as the state and federal governments aim to electrify Perth's central bus service.
The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn't suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.
Fortescue's proposed multi-billion-dollar renewable energy hub in the Pilbara has been shelved as the miner insists it will meet bold decarbonisation targets by 2030.
The City of Perth will not bear the cost of a hydrogen refuelling station proposed for construction in West Perth under a partnership with ASX-listed Frontier Energy.
City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is confident the planned installation of the state's first public hydrogen vehicle refuelling station on Thomas Street will have a domino effect.
The Danish company hoping to build a giant wind farm in WA says renewable energy projects may be held back if developers need to pay for infrastructure upgrades.
Fortescue Energy chief executive Mark Hutchinson has told leaders from around the world that unreasonable targets are key to encouraging climate innovation in his business.
Junior ASX company Pilot Energy has struck a conditional partnership agreement with South Korean engineering giant Samsung but failed to impress the market, with its shares falling sharply today.
