The team behind a planned green hydrogen project to be built near Dongara are hoping to raise $1 billion by the end of the year, while BP is undertaking feasibility on a plant close to Geraldton, less than an hour's drive north.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has made its latest contribution to the national hydrogen industry with $1.71 million of funding to BP Australia to progress a feasibility study for its proposed renewable hydrogen and ammonia plant in Geraldton.
Ashley Wright has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of GHD. Mr Wright will be taking over from Ian Shepherd on his retirement at the end of March 2016.
The state's major engineering outfits have experienced significant staff changes in the last 12 months as the sector stepped out from the gloom of the global financial crisis.
