Jacks Gully Landfill Gas Project

Jacks Gully Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Jacks Gully Resource Recovery Centre in Spring Farm, roughly 60km south-west of Sydney in NSW. It was registered in November 2012 and covers an unspecified area.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve capturing methane emitted from decomposing organic waste at a landfill site. Instead of allowing this potent greenhouse gas to enter the atmosphere, it is collected and combusted in an internal combustion engine to generate electricity, which requires operators to calculate the methane destroyed based on the electricity produced.

The Spring Farm and Camden region is known for waste management infrastructure, rapid urban development, and historical cattle grazing. The area generally experiences moderate rainfall, and local soils are characteristically Wianamatta Group shales and heavy clays typical of the Cumberland Plain.

This project involves the continuing operation of a landfill gas collection system. It captures and combusts gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste. It has transitioned through multiple methodological updates since its inception, moving from the 2012 legacy waste method to the 2015 landfill gas determination, and eventually to the 2021 electricity generation determination in February 2022. The project was contracted in April 2015 as part of a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC405488), which successfully completed its fixed delivery obligations in September 2022 alongside other EDL-operated sites. On 1 January 2026, the proponent of the project formally changed from EDL LFG (NSW) Pty Ltd to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD.