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Why are we doing this?
Project Kea has been included in the list of projects added to the Fast-track Approvals Bill. Once the bill is passed, the process will be managed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and an expert panel. Council may be given the opportunity to provide comments to the panel on the proposal and would like to reflect the community’s sentiment in our comments should we be provided the opportunity.
Council wants to ensure that all residents, those in support and those opposed to the proposal, get to have their say on a waste-to-energy plant within our district through a community survey.
What is Project Kea?
South Island Resource Recovery Ltd (SIRRL) applied to Waimate District Council for a resource consent to permanently operate a large waste-to-energy incinerator (Project Kea) in Waimate.
The proposed facility would burn up to 1000 tonnes per day of everyday rubbish (technically known as municipal solid waste) and construction and demolition waste. It would burn about 20 percent of all rubbish produced in the South Island, to generate up to 30MW of electricity per year – enough to power tens of thousands of homes.
The waste will be delivered to the site by up to 70 trucks per day initially, with a view to eventually using the railway network.Most waste will be unloaded directly from trucks into an eight-metre-deep fuel bunker that will hold up to 7000 tonnes.
The facility will also allow for the storage of up to 45,000 tonnes of baled construction and demolition waste in a covered warehouse.
The proposal will use up to 2500m3 per day of water (application pending) and generate up to 20,000 tonnes per year of 'fly ash' (ash generated during combustion) that will be vitrified (encased in glass).It will also generate 80,000 tonnes of grate ash that will need to be disposed of by other means. After being burnt, any air discharges will be cleaned, with residual contaminants being discharged from a 75m high exhaust system.
Note: The aforementioned details for Project Kea may change when SIRRL formally applies to the panel for a fast-track approval.
Survey Result
The Waimate District Council conducted an online community survey to gauge public opinion on the proposed waste-to-energy plant, Project Kea. The survey, which ran from 5 to 19 November received 735 responses.
In response to the question “do you support a waste to energy plant within the Waimate District?” – 697 answered No, 28 answered Yes, and 10 were Undecided.
Project Kea has been included in the Government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill, meaning, once passed into legislation, it will be referred to an expert panel for review. Council conducted the survey to understand the community’s sentiment and will include the results in its submission to the panel, should the expert panel provide the opportunity.
Why are we doing this?
Project Kea has been included in the list of projects added to the Fast-track Approvals Bill. Once the bill is passed, the process will be managed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and an expert panel. Council may be given the opportunity to provide comments to the panel on the proposal and would like to reflect the community’s sentiment in our comments should we be provided the opportunity.
Council wants to ensure that all residents, those in support and those opposed to the proposal, get to have their say on a waste-to-energy plant within our district through a community survey.
What is Project Kea?
South Island Resource Recovery Ltd (SIRRL) applied to Waimate District Council for a resource consent to permanently operate a large waste-to-energy incinerator (Project Kea) in Waimate.
The proposed facility would burn up to 1000 tonnes per day of everyday rubbish (technically known as municipal solid waste) and construction and demolition waste. It would burn about 20 percent of all rubbish produced in the South Island, to generate up to 30MW of electricity per year – enough to power tens of thousands of homes.
The waste will be delivered to the site by up to 70 trucks per day initially, with a view to eventually using the railway network.Most waste will be unloaded directly from trucks into an eight-metre-deep fuel bunker that will hold up to 7000 tonnes.
The facility will also allow for the storage of up to 45,000 tonnes of baled construction and demolition waste in a covered warehouse.
The proposal will use up to 2500m3 per day of water (application pending) and generate up to 20,000 tonnes per year of 'fly ash' (ash generated during combustion) that will be vitrified (encased in glass).It will also generate 80,000 tonnes of grate ash that will need to be disposed of by other means. After being burnt, any air discharges will be cleaned, with residual contaminants being discharged from a 75m high exhaust system.
Note: The aforementioned details for Project Kea may change when SIRRL formally applies to the panel for a fast-track approval.
Survey Result
The Waimate District Council conducted an online community survey to gauge public opinion on the proposed waste-to-energy plant, Project Kea. The survey, which ran from 5 to 19 November received 735 responses.
In response to the question “do you support a waste to energy plant within the Waimate District?” – 697 answered No, 28 answered Yes, and 10 were Undecided.
Project Kea has been included in the Government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill, meaning, once passed into legislation, it will be referred to an expert panel for review. Council conducted the survey to understand the community’s sentiment and will include the results in its submission to the panel, should the expert panel provide the opportunity.
