Woodside plan to bury CO2 a step to Browse gas go-ahead
Carbon storage has gone from "high-risk" to the preferred option at the controversial gas export mega-project.
Woodside plan to bury CO2 a step to Browse gas go-ahead
Carbon storage has gone from "high-risk" to the preferred option at the controversial gas export mega-project.
Santos pleads guilty over Varanus Island dead dolphin oil spill
A massive oil spill and allegations of a cover-up have resulted in just a $10,000 fine for the $22 billion company.
New 490MW MidWest WA wind farm plans 2028 start-up
The Parron wind farm could slash the carbon pollution from generating WA's power by one million tonnes a year.
Woodside and Chevron WA gas mega-deal paves the way for Browse LNG
Woodside will buy Chevron's one-sixth stake in the North West Shelf project and relinquish its stake in the Wheatstone LNG project to the US major.
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Shares in two Perth Basin oil players plunge after payment dispute
A struggling deal between two companies will determine if an unused oil platform off the WA coast is used for carbon storage or needs to be decommissioned.
INPEX chief executive expects Australia's help to blow the Paris Agreement
The Japanese energy giant is cherry-picking data to justify its gas growth plans.
WA faces gas shortfalls from 2030: AEMO
The ten-year forecast stops short of when gas could become very scarce and expensive in Australia's most gas-dependent state.
BHP, Rio and Woodside back green iron plant in Kwinana
Australia's largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace will test technology that could secure the future of Australia's largest export.
More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean
Nuclear energy is shaping up as an election fig leaf like no other.
Alcoa's Pinjarra alumina refinery shut down after gas outage
The US firm is cleaning up caustic liquid after a power loss and working to restore full production at its largest alumina refinery.
Libs cheaper power bill pledge with nuclear questioned
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to unveil the cost of a controversial nuclear power plan should the coalition come to power at the federal election.
WA Labor approves Woodside's North West Shelf gas plant to export to 2070
Concerns about possible damage to adjacent World Heritage-listed rock art from the plant's emissions did not sway environment minister Reece Whitby.
Gas
INPEX chief executive expects Australia's help to blow the Paris Agreement
The Japanese energy giant is cherry-picking data to justify its gas growth plans.
WA faces gas shortfalls from 2030: AEMO
The ten-year forecast stops short of when gas could become very scarce and expensive in Australia's most gas-dependent state.
WA's EPA speeds emissions deregulation while Chevron environmental inquiry waits
The environmental watchdog is set to remove restrictions on climate pollution in months but is much slower looking into concerns about quarantine and turtles on the Barrow Island nature reserve.
MacTiernan defends WA Government backing gas…for now
WA hydrogen minister Alannah MacTiernan believes a viable green hydrogen industry will build community support for the State's economy relying less on gas.
Renewable Energy
BP’s Geraldton green hydrogen dream needs help
Green hydrogen has long term promise for WA but needs help to scale and escape the trap of being an expensive product with a limited market.
$94B green ammonia hub proposed for the Nullarbor
Companies behind the Asian Renewable Energy Hub and the Mirning People are planning a vast $94B green ammonia hub on WA's south coast.
A green Pilbara needs wind and one network: Alinta
WA's iron ore miners must develop wind power and drop decades of rivalry to share transmission networks to meet their emissions reduction targets, according to Alinta Energy.
Green ammonia hub plans a decade of wind turbine manufacturing in the Pilbara
The $US36 billion Asian Renewable Energy Hub wants to make wind turbine towers as well as ammonia in the Pilbara to overcome logistics issues.
Carbon Emissions
WA mining giants seek government help to turn their low grade ore into green iron
Australia's largest export has a problem - its low grade and high impurities make it unsuitable for producing low emissions iron and steel with current technology
Trusted partner to the Pacific or giant fossil fuel exporter? Australia chose the latter
In The Hague this week, Australia worked hard to minimise the legal liability of major emitters and fossil fuel exporters for their contribution to climate change.
Australia tells international court no more climate responsibility for high emitting countries
Australia has told the International Court of Justice it is "resolutely committed" to uphold the Paris Agreement in a landmark hearing brought by Vanuatu.
WA's EPA speeds emissions deregulation while Chevron environmental inquiry waits
The environmental watchdog is set to remove restrictions on climate pollution in months but is much slower looking into concerns about quarantine and turtles on the Barrow Island nature reserve.