Birkdale Landfill Gas Project

Birkdale Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas electricity generation project located in Birkdale, approximately 22km southeast of the Brisbane CBD in Queensland. It was registered in November 2012 and covers an unknown area size operating within a former municipal landfill.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation of a gas collection system to capture methane produced by decomposing organic waste. Standard requirements under the methodology dictate that the captured methane must be continuously combusted, using an engine to generate electricity or a flare, and accurately metered to calculate the volume of greenhouse gas emissions prevented from entering the atmosphere.

The Birkdale area is a heavily developed residential and peri-urban coastal region bordering Moreton Bay. The region experiences a subtropical, high-rainfall climate, and local soils typically consist of sandy loams, red volcanic clays (krasnozems), and gleyed soils over basalt.

The project is operated by LMS Energy to capture and combust gas generated from legacy and non-legacy waste. The Birkdale bioenergy facility was originally commissioned in April 2010 in partnership with the Redland City Council, and has historically produced enough renewable electricity to power 12,000 Queensland homes for a year. The carbon project transitioned through multiple method variations to the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas determination, and successfully completed its Fixed Delivery contract obligations (CAC362004) with the Clean Energy Regulator in April 2022.