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WA Signs Companies for ‘Green’ Hydrogen & Ammonia Precinct

green hydrogen

The Western Australian government has allocated land to four companies in its Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, to develop allegedly ‘green’ hydrogen and ammonia projects. [Read more…]

WA, NT Start Commissioning Grid-Scale Battery Projects

a grid scale battery

Two grid-scale battery projects came closer to operation over the weekend in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [Read more…]

WA Invests $126 Million in Grid Upgrade to Accelerate Renewable Transition

pylons in an Australian field

Western Australia has revealed the scale of investment needed in its main electricity grid to cope with the renewable transition in the face of likely growing energy demand. [Read more…]

CCWA Warns On WA Critical Minerals Mining Rush

Critical minerals mining - Western Australia

New sites for mining critical minerals crucial to the clean energy revolution will have to go somewhere, but they cannot go anywhere says the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA). [Read more…]

WA Town Ditches Reticulated Gas for Renewable Future

Esperance electrification

Esperance has (nearly) transitioned to full electrification – and a good thing too given the town’s private gas network owner and operator shut off gas supply on Friday. [Read more…]

2023 Synergy Schools Solar Challenge Racing Kicks Off

Synergy Schools Solar Challenge

Hundreds of students across Western Australia are participating in the 2023 Synergy Schools Solar Challenge – learning important skills while having a bit of fun with tiny solar-electric cars. [Read more…]

What Rob & Sally Learned Driving A Tesla 9,630km Through The Aussie Outback

Driving across Australia in an EV

Rob and Sally needed a holiday, so they jumped in their EV and drove from Sydney to Perth – and back again. [Read more…]

5B’s Fold-Out Solar To Help Power WA Lithium Mine

5B - Kathleen Valley

Rapidly deployable home-grown solar energy tech is to feature in a hybrid power station for a major lithium mining project in Western Australia. [Read more…]

Wholesale Electricity Prices Plummet, But…

AEMO electricity report

The good news is wholesale electricity prices in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) dropped a long way during the December quarter. The bad news is prices were still well above a year prior. [Read more…]

UWA On Its Way To Energy Carbon Neutrality

The University of Western Australia - renewable energy

The University of Western Australia is aiming to be an “energy-neutral” campus by 2025, and of course solar energy is playing a role. [Read more…]

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