Federal Government to Help Western Australia Build More Solar, Wind Projects

Published on July 23, 2024

The federal Labor government has committed to helping Western Australia (WA) build more renewable energy projects in the coming years. On July 22, the WA government signed the Renewable Energy Transformation Agreement, becoming the fifth jurisdiction to join the bilateral energy partnership with the federal government. The federal government said the agreement with WA would “knock over” the barriers that prevented the state from developing renewable energy projects. Under the agreement, the federal government will underwrite a minimum of 6.5 terawatt hours of new wind and solar projects and 1.1 gigawatts of new storage in WA. The federal government explained that the investments would help stabilise the power grid and ensure that WA has sufficient “cheap dispatchable power” during peak times while improving energy reliability and affordability....

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