Fortescue wants to build a big new solar farm at Turner River in the Pilbara in a bid to cut emissions from its iron ore mines.
Matt Mckenzie
A green hydrogen project in the Mid West has become the first to score backing through the Federal Government’s Hydrogen Headstart program.
It’ll be a big ask to hit clean energy targets and ensure power is reliable and affordable.
Sean Smith
The Wheatbelt town of Narrogin is set for a green energy investment wave as two new projects worth a combined $800 million head for development review.
Fortescue has joined a laundry list of global business heavyweights using a lobbying firm run by Donald Trump’s friend and fundraiser.
Adrian Rauso
The mining body and backer of a nascent green steel industry has lauded the Federal Government’s call to earmark $750 million for lower-emissions projects, and says iron ore miners should be first in line.
Simone Grogan
The huge green hydrogen project proposed for WA’s south-east coast will have its environmental impacts assessed at a Federal as well as State level.
Neil Watkinson
Western Australia’s chief scientist says nuclear power ‘has to be on the table’ in discussions about the country’s energy mix but is sceptical it can be delivered in time for looming decarbonisation targets.
Fortescue has docked what it brands a world-first ammonia powered ship in London as part of the Andrew Forrest-led company’s global roadshow to stir up support for stricter maritime carbon rules.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has reportedly axed a deal with US hydrogen business Plug Power in another blow for grand ambitions to develop the new green energy source.
The West Australian
WA mining magnate Andrew Forrest now has another feather in his cap after making the cover of Time magazine.
Daniel Newell
Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has declared opponents of the Karratha Gas Plant life extension are effectively pro-coal, while warning further delays could set back plans for a drilling program.
The pipeline company will spend an initial $71 million to enhance the grid and start early-stage works on three later stages that will add significant transport and storage capacity from 2028.
A mix up between two local energy heavyweights in the wake of a $1.8 billion deal has enabled Fortescue to stake ground across WA’s north after a ‘torturous’ legal fight.
The ‘tumultuous’ lithium market has sent Pilbara Minerals to a $69 million loss in the six months to December but boss Dale Henderson still has an eye on growth options.
Origin Energy boss Frank Calabria says the national energy grid rules need to be rewritten to keep power reliable as more renewable projects come online.
The State’s major parties have knocked back the Shire of Narrogin’s call to embrace a similar policy commitment to the Nationals’ comprehensive State Planning Policy for renewable energy projects.
Hannah Whitehead
Potentia Energy, a partnership between Italy’s Enel Green Power and Japanese gas giant Inpex, has bought a gigawatt of operating and development projects in WA, the ACT and South Australia.
Taking WA gas for granted will stifle Australia’s lucrative mining industry, decarbonisation ambitions, artificial intelligence capabilities and even our drinking water.
There’s no word yet when a Federal support scheme for hydrogen investment will finally kick off, even after BP iced the $1 billion-plus Kwinana energy hub.
Matt Mckenzie & Katina Curtis
BP has gone back to the drawing board on a $1 billion-plus new energy hub in Kwinana, with more than 200 contractors expected to lose their jobs.
The Cook Labor Government plans to build a $150 million, 50-megawatt vanadium battery to help power Kalgoorlie-Boulder into the future if re-elected, with 2029 the target date to get it up and running.
A local government in the Wheatbelt has thrown its support behind a WA Nationals election promise to implement a renewable energy State planning policy.
Hundreds of Australian jobs could be axed at BP after the company unveiled moves to slash headcount across the world.
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