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Focusing on the future

Maryvale Energy from

Waste project.

In partnership with Veolia and Masdar Tribe
Australia, Opal is building a $600 million state-of-
the-art Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at the
Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley.
The Mill is one of the region’s largest employers and
is also Victoria’s largest industrial user of natural gas
and a significant consumer of electricity.
The facility will help to secure the Mill’s future energy
needs, generate valuable jobs for the Latrobe Valley
and provide councils and industry with a meaningful
alternative to landfill.
The Maryvale EfW facility will divert approximately
325,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from
landfill and reuse it to generate steam and electricity
to replace natural gas and coal-fired electricity.
The Maryvale EfW project is aligned with the
Victorian Government's circular economy plan,
Recycling Victoria: A New Economy and will reduce
Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated
270,000 tonnes per annum. The net energy benefit
to Victoria’s energy network will result in enough
gas and electricity to power over 50,000 homes.

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