The London-based energy giant plans on building a $230 million battery in Perth’s north.
Liam Murphy
Major Perth property developer Hesperia is joining the green energy wave after lodging plans to build a $500 million battery and solar farm in Collie.
Matt Mckenzie
A Fair Work Commission ruling in favour of unions against BHP has left WA’s mining and energy companies scrambling to figure out what the landmark decision means for them.
Adrian Rauso
Murray Watt has taken a swipe at ‘politically driven’ groups seeking to impact the Government’s bid for the World Heritage Committee to recognise rock art near the North West Shelf gas project.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Electricity generator and retailer Synergy has promised to engage the community over its plans for the future of the Albany Grasmere Wind Farm.
Claire Middleton
American oil and gas giant Chevron is wielding the axe on hundreds of WA jobs after months of speculation.
Synergy will tip almost $280 million into propping up struggling coal power stations, as Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson hits back at warnings the State faces an electricity shortage.
The largest green hydrogen project planned in Australia will not go ahead after funding within an international consortium collapsed.
Fraser Barton
The Energy Minister has left the door open for a new gas-fired power station in WA to back up renewables, as the government moves to shut down Synergy’s coal-fired power stations by 2030.
Joe Spagnolo
Thousands of residents are keen to install a solar battery in their homes before a scheme offering a $5000 rebate has even opened.
Louisiana is the latest US state to redefine natural gas as green energy - a move described by environmental groups as 'Orwellian green-washing'.
Jack Brook and Jennifer McDermott
Global conflicts have affected energy supplies, keeping fossil fuel use high, despite record power from renewable sources.
Staff Writers
Claims about the future of renewable gas will be tested in Federal Court after the competition regulator launched its biggest greenwashing lawsuit to date.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Shell has denied a Wall Street Journal report that it is in active talks about acquiring its London-based oil rival BP.
Bloomberg
Some of the largest mining and energy companies in Western Australia are likely caught up in a cyber hack that allegedly saw huge amounts of data pilfered from a Bibra Lake business.
Meg O’Neill remains optimistic that Woodside Energy can bring more partners into the Louisiana LNG project after finalising a deal with private equity fund Stonepeak.
Matthew McKenzie
Gina Rinehart says net zero is an ‘unobtainable and expensive magic pudding’, and believes Australia should follow the lead of the United States.
The clock is ticking to end the impasse between miner Griffin Coal and power station Bluewaters after fresh analysis revealed their long-running fight remains a threat to WA’s power grid.
Jim Chalmers has moved to get ahead of looming fuel price pain by ordering the corporate watchdog to keep an eye on petrol bowsers, as Middle East tensions send oil markets on a rollercoaster.
Oil extended a slump as US President Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
A new wave of green energy investment will be needed to keep WA’s lights on, while uncertainty over Bluewaters Power Station’s future clouds the State’s electricity outlook.
Australians could be set for renewed pain at the bowser after US President Donald Trump stepped in to the raging conflict between Israel and Iran, with a shock weekend aerial strike.
If Iran moves to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, prices could spike, but analysts see that scenario as unlikely for now
Evan Halper, Joshua Partlow
The cost and complexity of installing a solar battery is keeping some Australians from taking the plunge despite incentives, a study has revealed.
