A team of renewable newcomers are behind a $190 million plan to build a solar farm by the Forrest Highway which would feed power to industrial projects and the state's first EV servo.
Miners which don't heed traditional owner concerns about water will face production constraints, costly infrastructure bills, and reputational damage, according to new research.
New initiatives in this year's budget include an extra $584 million for stage 2 of Western Power's Clean Energy Link North project but there were few details on other energy upgrades.
Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.
ANALYSIS: Labor's plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.
Early works on the $2.8 billion Alkimos Desalination Plant are delivering opportunities for local firms including Pipeline Technics, Georgiou Group and Steel Mains.
Low water triggers at an aquifer critical to the Pilbara's development have been breached, according to Traditional Owners, due to water abstraction and low rainfall.
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.
A Pilbara Aboriginal corporation has accused the WA government of mismanaging an aquifer critical to a national park and Karratha's drinking water supply.
A record $12.1 billion will be spent through the state's asset investment program in 2024-25, part of a $42.2 billion outlay forecast over the four years to the end of 2028.
The state government says its energy load reduction scheme has had no ramifications for water supply, despite summer supply scalebacks at the Water Corp's Binningup desalination plant.
The Water Corporation's business plan for its $2.8 billion Alkimos desalination plant did not detail how the facility would be powered, despite a public commitment that the project will run on renewable energy.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Darren Foster, Catherine Raw, Johan van Jaarsveld, Andrea Sutton, Ross Love, Paul Ferguson, Dixie Marshall and Tania Hudson.
The government will not go ahead with a plan first announced in 2006 to consolidate legislation governing the state's water resources management system.
Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA has won the contract to design and build WA's next desalination plant at Alkimos after beating a rival bid from CPB Contractors, according to industry sources.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dean Nalder, Mark Couzens, Andrew Woodley-Page, Them Lam, Chris Slater, Andrew Young, Terry Enright, Mike Erickson, Ross Love, David Lock, Karl Paganin and Derek Parkin.
Independent assessment of Water Corporation's $283 million plan for a wind farm near Kojonup has flagged staffing competition among state-owned utilities as a potential development risk.
In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the latest on Chevron's IR deal, WA's top builders, potash deal, road funding, battery contacts, Synergy, Water Corp, tower plans, barramundi and Twiggy's mansion.
The Water Corporation has confirmed it will defer development of battery storage facilities, after an Infrastructure WA report highlighted risks attached to its plan.
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.
Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside's Pluto gas project.
Medical technology company Artrya Limited has appointed experienced executive Mathew Regan as the company's new leader after its co-founder John Barrington resigned.
