Coal Collie’s Bluewaters Power worthless: Sumitomo Sumitomo has completely written off the debt-laden Bluewaters coal-fired power station in Collie after paying $600 million for it less than a decade ago
Power Generation New wind crushes coal on South West grid Two new wind farms and surging rooftop solar installation has pushed renewable energy to 35% of South West WA's power in October, mainly at the expense of coal.
Carbon Emissions South Korea joins China, Japan in net-zero in $80B squeeze on Australian fossil exports South Korea, Japan and China's tightened climate goals will crunch Australian thermal coal, make LNG investments harder and possibly kill Santos' Barossa LNG project.
Carbon Emissions Japan's net-zero by 2050 to hit Australian exports A $40 billion market for Australian coal and LNG exports just became less welcoming with Japan's commitment to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Power Generation WA power plan not heading for net-zero emissions by 2050 The first cut at planning WA power's future ignores carbon costs that Woodside would estimate at many billions and comes nowhere near the WA Government's target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Power Generation Collie wobbles: WA power's financial mess Before it takes WA to a clean, green renewable energy future the State Government has problems a plenty in still vital coal-fired power.
Power Generation Synergy pushes its ageing coal plants to be more flexible WA will be coal-powered for sometime and Synergy is working to ensure its Collie power stations can cope with the new world of intermittent renewable energy.
Coal Win for residents as Cockburn Cement dumps coal for gas Two Perth suburbs may face their last summer of dust and smells before a lime plant stops burning coal but it is more bad news for WA's coal miners.
=== from the archive === Cockburn Cement and regulator battle over residential stench Residents and regulators are continuing a long fight against against the smell and dust from Cockburn Cement's plant on the edges of suburban Perth.
=== from the archive === Coal and dust plagues two southern Perth suburbs Residents of two southern Perth suburbs are suffering from dust and smell that say comes from the nearby coal-burning Cockburn Cement plant.
Power Generation Cheap renewables mean no new coal or gas power for WA's South West The WA Government expects no new coal or gas-fired power generation in the South-West will ever be built but those looking for clues to the future of Collie’s existing coal-fired power stations will have to wait for a plan to be released later this year.
