Chevron's jobs to India plan to face WA government scrutiny
WA Premier Roger Cook's core "Made in WA" election policy will be tested by his use of local content provisions to keep Chevron's WA engineers working in WA.
Often blowing when the sun is down, wind is a renewable energy resource WA has in abundance, especially in the Mid-West region near Geraldton.
The start-up of Bright Energy's Warradarge wind farm completes a massive addition of wind generation to the South-West of WA.
South West WA could have 5000 jobs a year for a decade in a race to 90% clean energy, according to a study by Sustainable Energy Now.
A $22B wind and solar project to power the Pilbara and Indonesia that will take 3000 workers a decade to build was approved by the WA environmental regulator today.
Offshore wind power is growing across the globe but Australia's only proposed project off Victoria has no regulation system to seek approval from.
Backers of a giant Pilbara wind and solar farm that will send electricity to Indonesia also want to power local industry and produce hydrogen.
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