Project Status: Complete
Project Participants: Curtin University of Technology, Kwinana Industries Council
Project Leader: Albena Bossilkov (Curtin University of Technology)
With the support of the Kwinana Industries Council and its members, the original "Capturing Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area" (3B1) project was extended by another two years until 2010. This project continues to gain momentum and provides sustainability outcomes for the KIC, Kwinana industries, and the region as a whole.
This project provided ongoing support to the Kwinana-based industries with the identification and development of promising synergies (i.e. sharing and exchange of energy, water and re-use of by-products) and building to improve the overall eco-efficiency of the area. In addition, the project supported the Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) with the development and implementation of its Sustainability Roadmap. This Roadmap includes the development of regional sustainability indicators, strategies to achieve sustainability targets of the KIC, and engagement with internal (KIC members) and external stakeholders (e.g. government and community).
The project was overseen by an Eco-efficiency Committee established in the Kwinana Industries Council with representation of major companies in the area (CSBP, Alcoa, BP, Tiwest, Nickel West/BHP Billiton, Water Corporation, Verve Energy, and HIsmelt). The research also contributed to the development and trialling of a regional eco-efficiency opportunity assessment methodology, the evaluation of synergy technology needs and opportunities, and the documentation of case studies.
The resource input-output database for the Kwinana Industrial Area was updated to the final version. The outcome of the evaluation of synergy opportunities was submitted to the KIC in April 2009 and the industry partners provided the team with a list of synergies that are most likely to be supported by the majority of the KIA industries. Investigation into the potential for a 5 gigalitre desalination plant utilising waste heat was the chosen synergy opportunity, which was investigated/assessed as the "Detailed Scoping Study into Evaporative Water Supply/Treatment System in the Kwinana Industrial Area (125)" project.