Alcoa refuses to rule out mining the Perth Hills
A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
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BP puts $1b Kwinana hydrogen and clean fuel projects on ice
The two projects will be "recycled" amid BP's concerns about costs and government policy.
WA power cleaner as coal fails and batteries charge in
The south-west grid shattered numerous records in late 2024 as new batteries and more rooftop solar replaced unavailable coal-fired power.
Woodside doubling its WA gas price in 5 years evidence of a tight market
Local industy in Australia's largest gas-exporting state is concerned gas producers are prioritising exports at their expense.
Alcoa's Kwinana closure bill jumps by $131 million
The cost of managing water where it stores 140 million tonnes of caustic red mud has doubled.
BP puts brakes on Kwinana clean fuel plans
BP has stood down contractors working on its biofuel plant just weeks before discovering if its adjacent green hydrogen project will win $1 billion of government backing.
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.
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.