The builder of Australia's first waste-to-energy plant, to be officially opened today in Kwinana after more than six years of work, has revealed it cost about $1.1 billion.
Spanish construction group Acciona is keeping its options open after quietly withdrawing its application to the ACCC to buy a giant waste-to-energy plant at East Rockingham.
Acciona is tightening its grasp on the state's long-delayed and cost-overrun waste-to-energy sector, as the competition watchdog investigates its proposed deal to buy the only other plant in WA.
The boss of a waste-to-energy plant being built in Kwinana is adamant it will be operational next year as he talks up the sector's potential to power WA homes and hospitals.
The Supreme Court has rejected claims by multinational builder Acciona that Western Australia's pandemic border rules amounted to a force majeure event over a $700 million project.
A three-day trial has been set to determine whether WA's COVID border rules are reason enough to allow contractor Acciona to exit Macquarie's $700 million Avertas Energy project.
The company building the Hazelmere wood waste-to-energy project has entered administration, after work on the plant stopped around Christmas amid rising cost pressures.
The $700 million Kwinana Waste to Energy plant being built by Acciona will not be ready until March 2023, as more details about the legal battle around the project come to light.
Acciona has launched legal action to get out of its contract on Macquarie's $700 million waste-to-energy project in Kwinana, claiming it has been hamstrung by Western Australia's border rules.
Blue Phoenix Group is planning to invest $20 million establishing a specialist processing facility in Kwinana after striking a contract with the developer of a giant waste-to-energy plant.
A global investment company based in the Middle East has become the fourth equity investor in a $511 million waste-to-energy project that commenced construction at Rockingham this month.
Western Australia is leading the country in the adoption of waste-to-energy projects, with $1.2 billion being invested in two path-breaking facilities under construction.
Construction of Western Australia's second large scale waste-to-energy project will begin this month near Rockingham after the development consortium reached financial close just before Christmas.
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Construction of Perth's second waste-to-energy plant is scheduled to start later this year after the private consortium behind the East Rockingham project appointed Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA as its main contractor.
Just hours after the developers of a $670 million waste-to-energy project announced they planned to start construction after obtaining all necessary approvals, the state government disclosed it has asked the Environmental Protection Authority to conduct further investigations.
Construction of Australia's first large-scale waste-to-energy facility will start this month in Kwinana after investment groups Macquarie Capital and DIF bought the Phoenix Energy project. Once completed at a cost of $668 million, the Kwinana facility will transform waste treatment in Perth.
Two giant waste-to-energy projects planned for Kwinana and Rockingham could gain extra financial backing after the federal government unveiled a raft of policy initiatives to address problems flowing from China's new restrictions on accepting foreign waste.
A Dutch company will soon begin work on a nearly $10 million large-scale mercury waste treatment facility in Kwinana, as increased LNG exports lead to higher volumes of the toxic metal.
Phoenix Energy has announced major changes to its planned waste to energy project at Kwinana, with Macquarie Capital becoming lead sponsor and two European groups negotiating to take on construction and operations.
The proponent of one of Perth's three waste-to-energy plants is hopeful more local councils will commit to diverting waste from landfill towards the $400 million project, following a contractual agreement with a group of long-term supporters.
Perth-based Phoenix Energy's $380 million waste-to-energy facility at the Kwinana Industrial Area has been recommended for conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Two Western Australian companies pushing waste to energy projects worth more than $710 million are planning to start construction within the next year.
