Australia has commenced the construction of the 36 MW thermal energy-from-waste (EfW) project in Kwinana, in the western region.
The power plant diverts 400,000 tonnes of household, commercial, and industrial waste from landfill each year which represents a quarter of Perth’s post-recycling rubbish. It uses the residual waste to generate energy, recover and recycle metals, and re-use the remaining ash residue as construction materials.
The AUD700 million (US$498.90 million) project is developed by Macquarie Capital (Australia) Ltd, Dutch Infrastructure Fund, and Phoenix Energy Australia Pty Ltd. It is backed by Australian Renewable Energy Agency with AUD23 million (US$16.22 million) financial grant and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation of up to AUD90 million (US$63.46 million) debt financing.
The construction contract is awarded to Acciona with the operation and maintenance service of up to 25 years awarded to Veolia. The project is expected to be operational by 2021.
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March 08, 2019
Construction works start at 158 MW wind project in Australia
ACCIONA Energía has started construction work on the Mortlake South Wind Farm in Australia with an investment of around AUD288 million (US$203 million). The wind farm, located in the State of V...
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March 04, 2019
Maoneng holds ground breaking ceremony for 255 MW solar PV project in Australia
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March 03, 2019
BSR awarded EPC contract for the development of 34 MWp solar project in Katherine
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February 28, 2019
Yara, Engie plan to build hydrogen power plant in Western Australia
Yara and Engie are joining forces to conduct a feasibility study to build a a green hydrogen plant integrated with Yara’s existing ammonia plant in Pilbara, Western Australia. Th...
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February 27, 2019
Vast Solar seeks funding for 50 MW Australian CSP-PV hybrid
Vast Solar, the developer of a 30 MW CSP technology with 10 hours of storage and a 20 MW PV facility, has sought a finance for a total of AUD75 million (US$53 million) from oil companies, Australian u...
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