Coal - Boiling Cold

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.

Coal

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.

Coal

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.