ACCIONA acquires Kwinana Waste-to-Energy plant
ACCIONA has acquired 100 per cent ownership of the Kwinana Waste-to-Energy project in an agreement reached with Macquarie Capital and Dutch Infrastructure Fund.
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A global review of the waste to energy sector
By Amal Jugdeo
The need for sustainable waste disposal solutions is becoming more critical as the quantity of waste generated increases yearly. This is evident in all countries, including countries that have the most efficient waste separation and recycling programs. Switzerland, for example, has one of the most stringent waste management regulations and policies in Europe and is often recognised as the ‘world champion of recycling’.
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Cleanaway applies for waste to energy development licence
EPA Victoria is assessing an application for a Development Licence for a waste to energy facility from Cleanaway Operations. The facility to be named the Melbourne
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Decarbonising Australia’s waste sector via WtE
Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) is a waste-to-energy (WtE) specialist and has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Inside Waste talks to Amal Jugdeo, Business Development Manager at HZI’s subsidiary
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WMRR to host Energy From Waste Conference
WMRR CEO Gayle Sloan is not convinced that Australia’s current trajectory to meet resource recovery targets is going to be met due to a variety of reasons. She believes one under-utilised method EfW, which is why WMRR is hosting the Energy From Waste Conference on November 1-2 in Sydney.
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Vic government announces $10 million for WtE initiative
The Victorian Government has announced $10 million to support projects that create electricity, heat, gas or liquid fuel from organic waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
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New WtE facility being built in Melbourne
A Melbourne based waste to energy company is developing a state-of-the-art waste to energy and integrated resource recovery processing plant which will deliver baseload renewable energy while importantly recovering recyclable materials from waste.
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It’s time to stop the waste
In a recent Inside Waste issue, one of the Australian landfill stakeholders confirmed that around 70 per cent of landfill gas is captured over the life of landfill. The IPCC states that methane has 28 times the greenhouse gas (GHG) potential of carbon dioxide, yet our political leaders aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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WMRR’s Sloan comes out firing over Victorian CE bill
There has been a flurry of recent activity in Victoria, from the introduction of the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Bill into Parliament to the release of the waste to energy (WtE) framework. If it’s all about looking busy, then Victoria is certainly winning the race, though questionable, ill-considered and interventionist action is really not what the Victorian waste and resource recovery (WARR) industry needs from government right now, according the Waste Management Resource Recovery Association of Australia WMRR.
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The cost of getting an EfW project up and running
Perth’s East Rockingham Waste to Energy is due to go live in June 2022 after what has been described as a long and painful process. Getting an energy-from-waste (EfW) project green lit is not easy with
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