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.
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A WA parliamentary inquiry has supported microgrids as a key element in the State's spread out power system.
If the Federal Government had been alert the financial failure of the Northern Endeavourur would not have been a surprise. Now Canberra has a huge bill for its omission.
The liquidator of Northern Oil and Gas Australia has recommended liquidation, which will leave the Federal Government responsibility for decommissioning its oil vessel.
Woodside buried deep in a huge environmental approval report for Browse LNG a risk it may have to buy massive amounts of carbon offsets.
Woodside's environmental approval submission for its $US20.5B Browse LNG project shows negligible efforts to rein in carbon emissions.
Any large project in WA will now need to tell the EPA how it will achieve zero-net emissions by 2050 before it can go for Ministerial approval.
The WA Environmental Protection Authority has backed off its plan for 100% offsets for new projects but will push for net-zero emissions by 2050.
Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman told investors his Browse and Scarborough LNG projects stood up with a $US40/t carbon price, but the fine print was a different story.
A report for Woodside on the effect of LNG imports on Asian emissions sees gas and coal fighting for a shrinking market share as renewables grow.
While BHP's dominant mining arm wants to be seen to be greener its highly profitable petroleum arm is not slowing down.
Offshore wind power is growing across the globe but Australia's only proposed project off Victoria has no regulation system to seek approval from.
Emissions-heavy corporate Western Australia wants the WA Environmental Protection Authority to leave control of greenhouse gases to the Federal Government.
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