Synergy

Synergy

Synergy is a WA State Government-owned power generator and retailer operating on the South West grid. It has a monopoly on supply to households and small businesses, two coal-fired power stations in Collie and numerous gas-fired power stations. Through Bright Energy Investments it has interests in wind and solar farms.

Woodside-operated North West Shelf LNG plant.

Carbon Emissions

Gaps hold back EPA’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from WA industry

WA's EPA is now restraining growth in carbon emissions from industry but it and State and Federal Governments need to do more to keep the State attractive to increasingly climate-concerned investors.

WA South West Interconnected System graphic

Power Generation

Solar growth, EV inevitability and emissions drive WA energy transformation

WA energy policy in Labor's second term may have to tackle tough issues avoided so far, including tariffs, Collie's future, the role of gas, and a path to net-zero by 2050.

Johnston backs gas for WA power and industry

APPEA 2021 Perth

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

Surging solar making South West power grid hard to manage

Power Generation

Surging solar making South West power grid hard to manage

Solar is "an uncontrollable generation source" making life hard for operators of the South West grid, according to an annual review of the network by operator AEMO.

WA's second big $100M battery planned by Alinta for Wagerup

Power Generation

WA's second big $100M battery planned by Alinta for Wagerup

South West WA's power system may get two $100M big batteries to help handle rooftop solar growth with Alinta planning an investment at its Wagerup power station.

WA’s top carbon polluters: LNG, power, iron ore and alumina

Carbon Emissions

WA’s top carbon polluters: LNG, power, iron ore and alumina

WA's industrial greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by four products and a handful of companies, including a few that have managed to keep a low profile in the climate wars.

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

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?

WA plans a slow move to greener power

Power Generation

WA plans a slow move to greener power

Rooftop solar will make South-West WA power greener, but there is no path outlined for Collie's future or to net-zero by 2050, according to a WA Government study.

Warradarge wind farm powers up

Renewable Energy

Warradarge wind farm powers up

The start-up of Bright Energy's Warradarge wind farm completes a massive addition of wind generation to the South-West of WA.

WA plans $100M big battery to balance solar

Power Generation

WA plans $100M big battery to balance solar

A huge battery in Kwinana will help tame the chaos in the South-West WA power system caused by soaring output from rooftop solar panels and pave the way for more renewable energy.

Collie wobbles: WA power's financial mess

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.

Synergy pushes its ageing coal plants to be more flexible

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.