The state government will give NRW Holdings subsidiary RCR Advanced Technologies $2 million to support its goal of building wind energy components locally.
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.
A key lieutenant of Kerry Stokes, a rail executive, and a management consultant have been picked by the state government to fill vacant board roles at Horizon Power.
Ground has broken for construction of Western Australia's latest big battery in Merredin, a $220-million project which could improve power reliability in the state's east.
Its report coincided with the WA government laying out more details on its planned energy transition and Western Power issuing grid connection offers to battery storage projects.
A trio of contractors have picked up $342 million worth of work from the state government in what has been described as the largest electricity transmission infrastructure investment in a decade.&n
Synergy has been slapped with a compliance notice after the state-owned gas and electricity provider reported overcharging almost $2.3 million to thousands of customers.
A fund to unlock housing supply has received a $101 million boost, with the state government making last minute announcements before handing down the budget this afternoon.
The state government will allocate $25 million to boost transmission infrastructure manufacturing and encourage greater local involvement in the electricity grid's renewable refresh.
The state government has pledged close and intensive engagement with industry on its transmission infrastructure and energy policy, following a forum with business powerbrokers.
The state government is setting guidelines for renewable energy project developers to financially give back to host communities, but questions have been raised on its enforcement.
Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has called on WA's fledgling hydrogen sector to disregard a drop-off in sentiment and push ahead with project development.
Roger Cook's name has been a regular feature on the annual list of Western Australia's most influential business and political players published by Business News.
The first of 100 railcars built for Rio Tinto in Western Australia has rolled off the production line ready for its 1,500-kilometre journey north to the Pilbara.
Western Australia's health portfolio has been split in two and regional ministers have been introduced to premier Roger Cook's inaugural third-term cabinet.
The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies' Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.
A long-running tiff over Ruah Community Services' bid to revive the Safe Night Space operation in Northbridge has ended after a state government review.
A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.
A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.
The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is hopeful a new $11 million child vaccine program targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will ease the strain on the Perth Children's Hospital.
Three years after the state government said the project was “fully funded” and likely to break ground soon, work is yet to begin on a new hospital in Tom Price
The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.
A Telethon Kids Institute program supporting about 700 Western Australian families is set to receive three years of funding valued at $13.8m from the National Disability Insurance Agency.
Construction has started on the $34 million children's hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.
