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Coal

Coal is produced in WA in just two mines near Collie and almost all of it is used to generate electricity in power stations in Collie.

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Johnston backs gas for WA power and industry

WA energy minister Bill Johnston sees no current alternative to gas for dispatchable power and wants to use low prices to lure more gas-hungry investments to WA

Energy Policy

WA energy debate: When and where the wind blows after coal

The WA energy trilemma: Labor is ready to go but don’t mention coal, Liberals want to drop coal but are light on detail, the Greens want to dump gas as well, and they all love green hydrogen.

Energy Policy

WA Libs fills Labor’s energy policy void with a coal exit and green hydrogen

The Liberals know where to take WA energy but probably not how to do it. Labor is on top of the detail but shy of facing the inevitable. So close to a bipartisan approach, will our political class blow it?

Renewable Energy

Stokes’ $650M pumped hydro plan reveals huge Collie clean up cost

Kerry Stokes' $650M pumped hydro plan could let WA avoid a $1.3B bill if a Collie miner fails: a risk the State Government does not ask about.

Power Generation

Wind and solar push down coal, gas and prices in South West WA

Two huge new wind farms and more solar panels in WA's South West displaced coal and gas last quarter giving a win-win of lower prices and emissions.

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.

Power Generation

Steady coal to solar shift continues for WA

As wind and solar displaces coal the South West of WA will have ample generation, according to a 10-year look ahead, with the growth of electric vehicles being the big unknown.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.