The Kwinana Energy Recovery Facility

Jensen Hughes was engaged to provide the fire safety services for the construction of the first thermal energy from waste (EfW) facility in Australia. The Kwinana Energy Recovery facility uses moving grate technology to process up to 460,000 tonnes of household, commercial and industrial non- recyclable waste from landfill to generate approximately 38 MW of electricity. Kwinana Energy Recovery is owned by ACCIONA, a global leader in sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy solutions.

Our Perth team provided a range of fire safety engineering solutions for the building, including rationalising the building fire ratings and provision of targeted suppression systems and performance-based natural ventilation systems. Extensive smoke and evacuation modelling was also conducted to demonstrate the performance of the design.

We worked closely with the project's design team and the project building surveyor to meet the process and building requirements while complying with the National Construction Code (NCC) performance requirements. The team also facilitated discussions with the Department of Fire and Engineering Services (DFES) to help gain in-principle support for the proposed fire safety measures and assessment methodologies before undertaking a detailed analysis.