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Kwinana Energy Recovery

Integrating the recovery and reuse of non-recyclable waste with the generation of renewable energy.

Overview

Kwinana Energy Recovery is owned by ACCIONA, a global leader in sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy solutions with the development and operations supported by technology provider Keppel Seghers, and waste management company Veolia.

KER acknowledges funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).

Kwinana Energy Recovery (KER) will be the first facility in Australia that integrates recovery and reuse of waste with the generation of electricity set to deliver renewable baseload power to a large metropolitan population and an industrial base.

We acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the traditional custodians of this country, its waters and the land that Kwinana Energy Recovery stands. We pay our respects to Noongar elders past and present, and acknowledge their wisdom and advice in our teaching and cultural knowledge activities.

Targeting zero waste
to landfill

Maximising renewable electricity generation

Economic and community boost with long-term new jobs

Improve community recycling and waste management

Located in the heart of
the Kwinana Industrial Area

Kwinana Energy Recovery facility is designed to process 460,000 tonnes per year of non- recyclable waste.


Location Kwinana, Western Australia


Electricity delivered: 38MW

News

MEDIA RELEASE – FIRST COUNCIL WASTE DELIVERED

24 Jul 2024

Australia’s first Energy Recovery facility has successfully achieved another important milestone in its commissioning journey, with first non-recyclable waste deliveries arriving at Kwinana Energy Recovery. This phase of commissioning involves waste deliveries to the site from a number of Local Government Authorities (Councils); Each part of the commissioning process represents ...

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MEDIA RELEASE- FIRST FIRE ON WASTE

2 Sep 2024

Australia’s first Energy Recovery facility has successfully achieved another significant milestone in its commissioning progress, with the first fire on waste being achieved today. The first fire on waste saw non-recyclable waste, which had been received from Local Authority and Commercial & Industrial customers over the past few weeks, fed ...

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