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REMONDIS Waste to Energy Facility

Project overview*

EIS statusCoordinated project declaration cancelled by Coordinator-General
DescriptionA waste to energy plant and associated resource recovery infrastructure to convert non-recyclable waste into 50 megawatts of baseload power.
ProponentREMONDIS Australia Pty Ltd
Location/s10 km south-east of Ipswich at Swanbank.
Local government/sIpswich City Council
Investment$400 million
Key features
  • waste to energy plant
  • resource recovery infrastructure
  • utilities and ancillary infrastructure.
Jobs
  • 200 (construction)
  • 80 (operational)

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

DateActivity
7 March 2022Coordinated project declaration cancelled by the Coordinator-General.
28 February 2022REMONDIS Australia Pty Ltd requested to withdraw the project from coordinated project assessment process.
29 June 2020Gazettal (PDF icon 247 KB) of ‘Coordinated project’ declaration.
29 April 2020Application, including initial advice statement (PDF icon 2.6 MB), submitted.

Further information

Read more about the EIS process.

Last updated: 16 Mar 2023