Synergy plans $4.5b wind, solar and battery farm in WA's Wheatbelt
The state-owned utility needs to replace the generation capacity it will lose by closing down all its coal-fired power stations over the next four years.
The 8.9 million tonnes a year Wheatstone LNG plant near Onslow operated by Chevron started production in 2017.
Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project may need to offset more than one million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year if restrictions that were removed by Colin Barnett in 2013 are reinstated.
Chevron is challenged to meet Wheatstone LNG first LNG target as it continues fixing piping systems on the offshore platform.
Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman hopes the ramp-up of Wheatstone goes well as the Perth-based group braces for a big reduction in its domestic gas sales in 2017
Chevron’s budget and schedule for the Wheatstone LNG project face questions from significant unplanned work underway on the project’s offshore platform.
The cost of Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project has jumped $US5B a week after minor partner Woodside said it expected no changes.
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