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A number of sustainable development projects are currently underway at Mt Piper power station.
Nu-Rock
EnergyAustralia entered into an agreement with Nu-Rock in 2014 to build a pilot plant that uses fly-ash from Mt Piper power station to manufacture building materials such as bricks, pavers and concrete blocks.
Should the test plant prove successful, Nu-Rock will look to build a larger facility capable of manufacturing these products in a commercial quantity. If these plans proceed, the facility would look to employ up to twenty people and be set to use 250,000 tonnes of Mt Piper’s fly-ash each year.
Mt Piper Ash Placement Project
With a generating capacity of around 1400MW, there is a need to provide advanced ash placement to better serve the environment of the Mt Piper region. In 2012 a proposal was put forth to the NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to create a new ash placement area in Lamberts North. This was approved and construction was completed in May 2013. This will ensure further ash produced from Mt Piper is placed in an environmentally sustainable manner.