Kwinana Waste to Energy Project
- $23m Funded by ARENA
- $696m Total project cost
Summary
The Kwinana Waste to Energy project will develop a waste processing facility which will use moving grate technology to process approximately 400,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste and/or pre-sorted construction and demolition waste per annum to produce approximately 36 MW of baseload power for export to the grid.
How the project works
The Kwinana Waste to Energy project will use Keppel Seghers moving grate technology, which thermally treats the waste and converts the recovered energy into steam to produce electricity. Metallic materials will be recovered and recycled, while other by-products will be reused as construction materials. Read more about bioenergy and energy from waste.
Area of innovation
The Kwinana Waste to Energy facility is an important and significant renewable energy project for Western Australia and Australia. It will be the first thermal utility-scale Waste to Energy facility constructed in the nation, diverting approximately 25 per cent of Perth’s post-recycling rubbish from landfill sites.
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Report: Kwinana Waste to Energy Project
This report details the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the proposed Kwinana Waste to Energy plant (WtE Plant).
Media Release: Australia’s First Energy-From-Waste Plant to be Built in WA
ARENA announced funding to develop an Australian-first energy-from-waste project in Western Australia which will reduce waste going to landfill.
Benefit
Macquarie Capital estimates that approximately 486,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions will be avoided per year, compared with the carbon dioxide emitted from grid generated electricity in Western Australia. The facility will also export 36 MW of electricity to the local grid per year, sufficient to power more than 50,000 households.
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ARENAWIRE Blogs
Second waste-to-energy plant gets green light
A new Western Australian waste-to-energy facility will produce electricity from non-recyclable waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
The waste to energy plant future is here
How often do you think about what happens to the rubbish you put in the bin?
How to turn unwanted trash to energy
As the Australian population grows, approximately 50 million tonnes of waste is produced across the nation each year. That’s an awful lot.
