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Former Woodside chief Peter Coleman.

Coleman mulls return to Infinite Green Energy under last-ditch rescue plan

West Australian business heavyweight Peter Coleman could return to the helm of embattled hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy under an 11th-hour plan to drag it out of administration.

  • Jesinta Burton

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Infinite Green Energy CEO Stephen Gauld.

Hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy collapses into administration

Perth-based hydrogen player Infinite Green Energy has brought in administrators less than 24 hours before it was due to front court in a multimillion-dollar investor dispute.

  • Jesinta Burton
Chris Bowen, Roger Cook and Madeleine King announced four big batteries for WA that can together power 600,000 households. 

$814 million for green hydrogen dream near Kalbarri

Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen was in Kwinana to announce the Murchison Green Hydrogen project.

  • Hamish Hastie
These ochre hand stencils in a Nullarbor cave indicate the traditional ownership of the Mirning Peoples who used the cave system for shelter, ceremony, creative expression and a source of water and flint for tools.

Scientists warn $100 billion ‘green’ project will destroy WA heritage

A plan to build 3000 wind turbines and six million solar panels in WA to make hydrogen and ammonia is in an area experts call “an irreplaceable global treasure”.

  • Emma Young
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Sparc Technologies.

Sparc fires up following three-way hydrogen tie-in

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Sparc Technologies. The company is developing new-age hydrogen technology using sunlight.

  • Craig Nolan
Japanese firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries has withdrawn from plan to create “clean” hydrogen from brown coal sourced from the Latrobe Valley.

Multibillion-dollar plan to convert coal into ‘clean’ hydrogen falters

The controversial plan was billed as a lifeline for the Latrobe Valley’s ageing brown coal industry.

  • Bianca Hall and Nick Toscano
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This cave lies a few kilometres from the proposed ammonia production plant and storage facility.

WA’s $100 billion ‘green’ project will destroy ‘spectacular hidden world’: scientists

A $100 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project has been proposed for Western Australia. But scientists say it will destroy an irreplaceable and precious area.

  • Emma Young
The Western Green Energy Hub has lodged plans to build the world’s biggest renewables hub in Western Australia.

World’s biggest renewables hub planned for Australian desert

Donald Trump’s US election win is raising hopes for green investment growth in markets outside the US – and plans are afoot for Australia to capitalise.

  • Mike Foley
BP is repurposing the site of Kwinana oil refinery into a clean-energy hub

Australia still a contender in green hydrogen race, says BP

The energy giant is pushing on with three projects, despite growing worries about high costs and a lack of customers.

  • Nick Toscano
The push to scale up a green hydrogen industry in Australia has faced setbacks due to the high cost and the vast amount of renewable energy required to split hydrogen from water.

Australia suffers major setback in global race to turn water into hydrogen

Australia’s bid for hydrogen ‘superpower’ status has been dealt a new blow as the nation’s top energy utility – Origin Energy – pulls its plans for a large hydrogen hub.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley

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