(Alliance News) - John Laing Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to invest AUD51.5 million, approximately GBP28 million, in the East Rockingham resource recovery facility in Perth, Australia.
The infrastructure company said this utility scale, AUD510.8 million waste-to-energy plant will help to address Australia's rising waste management problem by diverting waste from landfill.
It will also generate 28.96 megawatt of renewable baseload energy to support Western Australia's electricity network, the company said.
It is expected to create around 300 jobs during construction and 40 to 50 during operation.
This investment will take John Laing's total investment commitment in 2019 to approximately GBP185 million, the company said.
Justin Bailey, regional managing director Asia Pacific, said: "We are committed to delivering responsible infrastructure projects that will improve the local environments and communities they serve, and we look forward to working with our partners to deliver this exciting project".
By Loreta Juodagalvyte; loretajuodagalvyte@alliancenews.com
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