Commissioned late last year, the plant expected to initially generate about 15.7 million kilowatts of renewable electricity per annum, enough electricity to power around 3000 homes.

Energy from the site will be retailed by Perth Energy.

The Gosnells facility will also annually offset some 16,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions that would have been produced by traditional electricity generation. In addition a further 70,000 tonnes of C02 emissions will be abated because of the combustion of landfill gas used to generate electricity.

AGL managing director Greg Martin said the facility would benefit the state by adding power to the electricity grid and contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

“AGL’s involvement in this project is part of our commitment to ensure a cleaner future through the reduction of harmful greenhouse gas emissions,” Martin said.

Martin added that the emissions reduction from the Gosnells’ project was the equivalent of planting more than 10,000 hectares of trees or removing approximately 24,000 cars from the road per annum.

The project is supported by the City of Gosnells’ Corporate Greenhouse Action plan. It forms part of the council’s greenhouse gas emissions strategy to harness and utilise biogas following the closure of the Kelvin Road Waste Disposal Site.

AGL will carry out further augmentation works at the site next month to optimise the generation capacity of the facility.

“AGL will also work closely with the council to further develop the site in the future,” Martin said.