AGL Energy has sought to more than triple the output of its gas and diesel-fired Kwinana Swift power station south of Perth, in a submission to the state’s environmental regulator. X. To read our ...

In the latest sign of stress for Western Australia's biggest power grid, its most important gas plant has been verging on insolvency. Critics say it is a further blow to the state's energy transition.

A fire at a privately owned power station sparks an outage which leaves about 100,000 homes and businesses across Perth, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton in the dark for several hours.

Construction has started on Perth Energy's new power station in Kwinana. The gas fired power station will have a capacity of 120 megawatts and is scheduled to start service in 2010.

Synergy is planning to spend about $650 million on a four-fold increase in battery storage at Kwinana to better manage fluctuating supply and demand on the south-west power grid.