Horizon Net Zero Dawn – keynote slides by Ben Abraham
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Kemps Creek Resource Recovery Park
Landfill Gas Extraction System
Landfill Gas to Power Generation Facility
Challenges and Risks
Results thus far
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Significant Waste Management Precinct
Site Operations
Dry waste landfill
MSW processing facility
Landfill gas to power
generation facility
Power
Generation
Landfill
SAWT
Kemps Creek Resource Recovery Park
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Essential Service
Elizabeth Drive Landfill
General Solid Waste
Restricted Solid Waste
Eight Million tonnes
Kemps Creek Resource Recovery Park
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Diversion from Landfill
SUEZ Alternative Waste
Treatment Facility (SAWT)
Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant
135,000 tpa
>55% diversion from landfill
FOGO processing
MSW processing
Penrith City Council
Liverpool City Council
Kemps Creek Resource Recovery Park
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Kemps Creek Resource Recovery Park
Renewable Energy
Landfill Gas to Power Generation Facility
Partnered with AGL
2.8MW generation capacity
Commissioned in November 2016
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Landfill Gas Extraction System
Key infrastructure
82 Gas wells
11 Gas trenches
Owned and operated by
SUEZ
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Win / Win
Key features
AGL owns and operates the
electricity generation facility
Powered from landfill gas
Electricity supplied to SAWT
facility
Landfill Gas to Power Generation Facility
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Utilising Existing Assets
Key features
Reused underutilised assets
from Spring Farm
Two 1.4MW Jenbacher
engines/generators
Gas conditioning unit
Flare 2,000m3/hr
Grid connection to SAWT
(if both engines are off line)
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AGL Partnership
AGL obligations
Construct and operate the Power
Generation Facility
Supply electricity to SAWT
AGL benefits
Long term contract supports
capital investment
Sell excess electricity to the
wholesale market
Supports AGL’s commitment
to own, operate and develop
renewable energy generation
in Australia
12. SUEZ obligations
Supply agreed minimum quantity of landfill gas
Develop, install and maintain gas collection
infrastructure
Purchase a minimum amount of electricity from AGL
Maintain and operate the flare
SUEZ Benefits
Retain control of gas collection infrastructure
Manage environmental obligations
Long term electricity price locked in
Retain ownership of ACCUs created through the
destruction of methane
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SUEZ Retain Control
Landfill Gas to Power Generation Facility
13. Challenges
Financial returns
- both parties
Carbon legislation changes and uncertainty
- sovereign risk
Network connections and supply
- always challenging
Reusing existing assets
- condition reports
Construction program and commissioning
Risks
Carbon legislation (repeal of RET)
Power station downtime
Supply of required gas volumes
Opportunities
Utilise waste heat from the engines to
enhance SAWT composting process
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Challenges and Risks
Project Delivery
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Results thus far
Project Delivery
3.3 million m3 of landfill gas captured
60% used for electricity generation
40% destroyed by flare
SAWT Electricity Supplied from Generators
Month Percentage
November 2016 Commissioning
December 2016 79.8
January 2017 98.9
February 2017 97.3
Gas Captured and Destroyed
December 2016 to February 2017
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Delivering on our customer’s expectations
Resource Revolution Decomposing
waste in landfill
generates methane
Methane used to
power renewable
energy facility
Renewable Energy
used to power waste
processing facility
Increased diversion
from landfill for
MSW waste
Divert local Council waste
from landfill through SAWT
using renewable energy