Australia’s first Waste to Energy plant to be powered by Konecranes’ refuse cranes
Konecranes will provide two refuse cranes to Avertas Energy, Australia’s first energy-from-waste facility in Kwinana, Western Australia . The order was booked in July 2019, with delivery planned for June 2020.Energy-from-waste uses post-recycling rubbish to generate clean, baseload power – the minimum amount of electric power needed for an electrical grid at any given time. The Kwinana facility will divert up to 400,000 tonnes of waste a year and generate an estimated 36 megawatts of electricity for the grid, enough to power