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Renewables

Fortescue’s giant solar hub skips past state hurdles, awaits federal ruling
Fortescue’s giant solar hub in the Pilbara waved through by state environmental authority, but still awaits word from the federal department.
Giles Parkinson & Joshua S Hill

May 26, 2025

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Hydrogen

It lives! Gigawatt-scale green hydrogen project revived with new land deal
A Scottish developer is rehashing a green hydrogen project in Western Australia that it first announced in 2022, after landing 16,000 hectares of land.
Rachel Williamson

May 26, 2025

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Hydrogen

Huge green iron project back on track with new land deal for giant electrolyser
A major green iron project has secured land to host its giant electrolyser, and is hoping to get the project up and running before the end of the decade.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2025

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Coal

Iconic fossil fuel smokestacks are being taken down one brick at a time
An old power plant south of Perth is slowly being taken apart, with the chimneys being removed brick by brick. Explosions are not an option due to new battery facility.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 20, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Wind turbine towers and blades could be built in Australia under new supply chain plan
Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre signs up to help deliver $8m government program to support local manufacture and servicing of wind turbine components.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 21, 2024

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Commentary

Big talk, little action: Energy future out west is at crossroads between gas and renewables
Despite bold announcements, no large-scale renewable energy has been added to the SWIS and there are very few sanctioned projects in the pipeline.
Brad Pettitt & Fraser Maywood

Apr 1, 2024

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Storage

Construction starts on Australia’s biggest battery, to replace Collie coal
Construction is underway on what will be Australia’s biggest battery project, the giant four-hour Collie battery energy storage system.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 15, 2024

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WA gold mine now renewably powered after rapid solar deployment
A Western Australian gold mine is now being powered by solar power, the first operational project under the state’s Clean Energy Future Fund.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 27, 2022

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More than 1GW of battery storage to replace coal in world’s biggest isolated grid
How will the WA government prepare for the closure of its last two coal generators? Lots of wind, solar and batteries.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 17, 2022

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WA to close state-owned coal generators by 2030 in big switch to renewables
WA government to close state-owned coal generators before 2030, and commit $3.8 billion in wind and storage in move it says will pay for itself within years.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 14, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Renewables do heavy lifting on emissions, but gas policy gets in the way in WA
Renewables responsible for Australia’s emissions cuts, while gas reservation policy in WA outweighs benefits in that state.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 13, 2022

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Australia must shift from fossil fuels or risk more than 100,000 regional jobs
Up to 300,000 jobs in regional parts of Queensland and WA are at risk if governments fail to prepare for shift from fossil fuels, new research shows.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 31, 2022

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