The new waste to energy and materials recovery facility, which uses up to 225,000t of waste each year, will be located in the Kwinana Industrial Area in East Rockingham, Perth.
Comprising four operational gasification chambers and one set aside for maintenance, the facility is likely to generate up to 18.5MW of electricity, of which 16MW would be feed into the South West Interconnected System while the remaining will be utilized to power the plant.
EPA Chairman Paul Vogel said that the comprehensive and independent review into waste to energy facilities internationally performed by the EPA and Waste Authority revealed that the state-of-the-art plants could operate within strict international emissions standards.
"The EPA and Waste Authority’s advice provided to the Minister for Environment last year clearly outlines that in assessing any waste to energy proposal, proponents must demonstrate that the technology components have a track record in waste treatment and are capable of meeting best practice in emissions standards," Vogel added.
The New Energy’s proposal is expected to could meet the EPA’s objective for Air Quality subject to several conditions, Vogel said.
The facility will process materials such as construction and demolition waste, commercial and industrial waste, municipal solid waste and green waste.
