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.
Proponents of a $400 million waste to energy facility to be built in East Rockingham are hoping to get construction under way within months after finalising a waste supply deal with utilities giant Suez.
The environmental watchdog has recommended approval of a second waste-to-energy plant in southern Perth, just days after a Macquarie Capital consortium announced it would start construction this month on a similar facility.
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.
The private consortium planning a $400 million waste-to-energy plant in Rockingham has signed a 20-year supply agreement with the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council and been selected as the preferred tenderer by the City of Cockburn for a similar supply deal.
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.
Perth-based New Energy Corporation has signed a contract to manage waste in the Town of Port Hedland utilising its $200 million waste-to-energy plant, which is due to open in 2018.
New Energy Corporation has finalised a deal with the City of Karratha that will result in waste from the Pilbara's two biggest cities being diverted to its $200 million waste-to-energy plant in Port Hedland, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2017.
Businesses in the Pilbara are increasingly recognising the value to their bottom line offered by solar and other energy efficiency measures, according to green bank Clean Energy Finance Corporation chief executive Oliver Yates.
Perth-based New Energy Corporation has received another boost to its proposal for Australia's first waste-to-energy plant, with a commitment of waste from the Town of Port Hedland.
New Energy Corporation's plans to build two Western Australian waste-to-energy facilities have received a boost after the company secured up to $50 million in senior debt from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Two Western Australian companies pushing waste to energy projects worth more than $710 million are planning to start construction within the next year.
New Energy Corporation has shifted its waste to energy projects into gear by contracting the Australian arm of US-based engineering company Kiewit to handle design and construction for two plants worth about $330 million.
Western Australians could be using energy converted from municipal solid waste in less than two years if companies proposing waste-to-energy plants achieve their timeframes.
The state government has given New Energy Corporation environmental approval for a $184 million waste-to-energy plant proposed for Port Hedland, but the company, and other proponents of similar pla
The state's environmental watchdog has backed the use of waste-to-energy recycling facilities in Western Australia, but cautioned that any proposed plant must meet international best practice stand
The state government is examining whether waste-to-energy facilities will adversely affect people's health and recycling habits before evaluating proposals for facilities in Perth and the Pilbara.
WEST Perth renewable energy business New Energy Corporation plans to build a $180 million waste-to-energy plant in Port Hedland to service the region's growing population and the major resource pro
