Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and Tribe Infrastructure Group, the company specializing in consulting and developing infrastructure, signed an agreement to establish a joint company to develop projects to convert waste into energy on The level of service facilities in Australia.
The announcement of the joint venture was made by Christopher Payne, the former Australian Defense Minister, and Abdullah Al-Sabousi, the UAE ambassador to Australia, in the presence of Mohammed Jameel Al-Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, and Peter Macrienner, CEO of Tribe Group, according to Masdar's official Twitter account on Saturday.
According to a statement by a source, today, Sunday, the new company aims to develop projects to produce energy from waste across Australia, in addition to providing the necessary support for the implementation and management of these projects .
Every year, approximately 27 million tons of waste are diverted to landfills in Australia, equivalent to the size of 75 Olympic swimming pools.
It should be noted that there are still no utility-level stations in operation to convert waste to energy in the country.
Australia is a promising market for investment in energy generation from waste, especially in light of Australia's endeavors to build a carbon-free economy.
In January 2020, Masdar and Tribe announced the acquisition of a 40% stake in the East Rockingham waste-to-energy project in Perth, in the western Australian.
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construction work for the A $ 511 million plant is currently underway in the Rockingham Industrial Estate, 40 km from Perth. The plant will be operational in Late 2022
The plant, upon completion, will be able to treat around 300,000 tons of non-recyclable municipal, commercial and industrial waste, and up to 30,000 tons of vital materials Solid annually.
The plant will also treat approximately 70,000 tons per year of ash from waste incineration, which will be used in designing bases for paving roads and other construction materials.
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The plant will also generate 29 megawatts of primary renewable energy, enough to supply more than 36,000 homes with electricity, and avoid more than 300,000 tons of dioxide emissions Carbon annually.
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