A $30 billion industrial revolution is looming around Kwinana amid a wave of big projects that promise renewal. See our list of the investments in the pipeline.
Matt Mckenzie
Construction work will begin next year on a $400 million expansion of Warradarge Wind Farm that is planned to come online before the State switches off coal power.
The price paid to WA power companies to keep reserve capacity ready has surged by almost 60 per cent, following a rewrite of the market rules.
Kwinana has won the battle to become the site of a ‘revolutionary’ low-emissions iron smelting pilot plant, with the State Government willing to cough up mega bucks to beat out the rest of the nation..
Jessica Page
Last-minute talks are under way to ensure there’s enough power to keep WA’s lights on through a sweltering summer, after heatwaves put the grid under immense pressure earlier this year.
The Federal Government’s green energy bank has handed over $US75 million ($117m) to a mining investment firm controlled by under-fire Mineral Resources chair James McClements.
Adrian Rauso
Energy gurus at the national science body still believe nuclear power will be more expensive than alternatives, as a political fight over the merits of the generation source heats up.
Katina Curtis & Matt Mckenzie
WA is shouldering the burden of higher emissions in order to deliver the gas and critical minerals the rest of the world needs to decarbonise, according to the State’s Climate and Energy Minister.
Simone Grogan
A mining sector-style microgrid installed at a metropolitan housing estate as a cost-of-living drawcard is set to reduce electricity bills by 20 per cent, with no up-front cost to homeowners.
Kim Macdonald
A new Pilbara solar farm has been opened, and two energy projects given a boost, as plans to slash carbon emissions in the region gain momentum.
An energy project combining cyclone-busting solar panels and a big battery has been built in the Pilbara region to decarbonise iron ore port operations.
Marion Rae
The Government continues to back renewables even as the market operator warns the rampant uptake of solar panels threatens to push the shaky power grid to its limit and trigger major blackouts.
Georgina Noack
Environmental regulators will take a close look at a giant proposed green power and hydrogen project on the Nullarbor, amid concerns the $100 billion plan will crush the local ecosystem.
We spoke to CME Chief Executive Rebecca Tomkinson about our leading resources.
Chamber of Minerals and Energy
Amid a spate of waste truck battery fires, Gosnells-based Li-ion Energy is working to intercept lithium battery cells before they reach landfill or end-of-life facilities.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
The musical chairs at Fortescue’s green energy arm continues as Mark Hutchinson hands over responsibility for the company’s Formula One offshoot.
Plans to power iron ore giant Rio Tinto with a $200 million solar farm will go before the Shire of Ashburton next week before heading to a Development Assessment Panel.
Another ambitious green hydrogen project is headed for environmental review — this time with a plan to install solar and wind farms across hundreds of kilometres alongside the Trans Australian Railway.
An offshore wind farm developer has successfully challenged the federal energy minister's decision to deny it a licence for a major proposed project.
Alex Mitchell
WA’s nation-leading economy is under threat from Federal Labor, the State’s peak mining body has declared, calling on Premier Roger Cook to take up the fight with his Canberra colleagues.
Ryan Stokes says there’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ when it comes to renewable energy and he believes there is a way to convert the nuclear ‘NIMBYs’.
A $1 billion-plus new energy project on the site of BP’s old Kwinana oil refinery has secured development approval.
The boss of Fortescue’s iron ore business has warned the State Government against trying to untangle green tape by making pollution solely a Federal issue.
BP’s plans to build a green fuel hub on the site of the old Kwinana refinery have been backed by the local government ahead of a development assessment panel review this week.
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