Alinta Energy is seeking environmental assent for a 60 megawatt gas generator and 40MW battery in Port Hedland, after development approval was deferred.
The difficulty of building large scale hydrogen export projects has been brought into sharp focus after a multi-billion dollar Pilbara proposal was knocked back on environmental grounds.
Hydrogen hopeful Hazer Group has revealed its planned demonstration plant could cost 29 per cent more than first estimated, with shares down 9 per cent.
Western Australia will be battling with other states to build a hydrogen industry, and won’t be able to rely on its traditional advantages, a senior state bureaucrat has said.
A new carbon target for Woodside’s Pluto LNG has been approved; Chevron has invested in solar; and six carbon capture projects have been granted $50 million.
Hybrid Systems Australia has signed a 10-year lease for a facility at Perth Airport to manufacture standalone power systems, and announced an acquisition.
The state’s business lobby has called for the electrical union to come to the negotiating table as Western Power workers planned a 48 hour strike action this week.
Woodside Petroleum and Fortescue Metals Group have announced separate agreements today with major Japanese companies to assess production of green ammonia in Tasmania.
A big ransomware attack that blocked fuel supplies in the US and a partnership with US company Honeywell have delivered a boost for Perth startup Sapien Cyber.
Western Power estimates the price tag of union requests in a worsening industrial dispute could be $31 million a year, with a further work stoppage looming next week.
Early investigations of the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area by Arup suggest the Mid West locale will be a good site for renewable hydrogen production.
The state government has a huge aspirational target to have 200 gigawatts of hydrogen capacity by 2040, but needs to prepare for hurdles with land use, environmental impact and native title.