Jacks Gully Landfill Gas Project

Jacks Gully Landfill Gas Project is a waste emissions avoidance project located at the Spring Farm Resource Recovery Park (formerly Jacks Gully Waste Management Centre), approximately 60km southwest of Sydney and 5km east of Camden in New South Wales. Registered in November 2012, the project operates within a major waste management facility that services the Macarthur region. While the specific project area is not publicly defined in hectares, the broader facility covers approximately 38 hectares.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. This methodology rewards project proponents for capturing methane generated by decomposing waste, which would otherwise vent into the atmosphere, and combusting it to generate renewable electricity. The project activity involves the continuing operation of a landfill gas collection system that manages gas from both legacy (pre-2012) and non-legacy waste streams.

Regionally, the Spring Farm area is in a transition zone between the rapidly expanding residential suburbs of Western Sydney and remnant semi-rural grazing lands. The environment is characterized by the Cumberland Plain's warm temperate climate, receiving moderate rainfall (approximately 750–800mm annually). The local geology is dominated by Wianamatta Shale, producing heavy clay soils that are typical of the region and often used for engineering caps on landfill sites.

A notable aspect of this project is its long operational history and evolving management. Originally developed under WSN Environmental Solutions, the site transitioned to SUEZ and subsequently Veolia. The project's power generation component is operated by EDL (Energy Developments Limited), with a generation capacity of approximately 2.3 megawatts (MW). The project has successfully transitioned through multiple methodology variations, ensuring its continued eligibility from the original Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) to the current ACCU scheme. It also successfully completed a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC405488) with the Australian Government in September 2022.