Hallam Landfill Gas Project

Hallam Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas electricity generation project located at Hallam, approximately 35km south-east of the Melbourne central business district in Victoria. It was registered in November 2012, and while the project area size is unspecified, it operates directly within a major local landfill facility. The surrounding urban fringe of south-eastern Melbourne features a mix of residential developments, commercial zones, and heavy waste management infrastructure, with areas of historical pasture and light grazing nearby.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involves the installation and ongoing operation of a landfill gas collection system. Under this methodology, the project captures methane generated from the decomposition of legacy and non-legacy organic waste. Instead of allowing this potent greenhouse gas to vent into the atmosphere, it is collected and sent to a combustion device or biogas upgrading system. This process combusts the methane to generate renewable electricity, and abatement is calculated based on the quantity of landfill gas destroyed.

The Melbourne region experiences a temperate climate characterised by moderate and consistent rainfall throughout the year. The local soils in this specific area are characterised by the 'Hallam loam' profile, which typically consists of poorly drained grey loam and sandy clay loam topsoils sitting over mixed yellowish-grey heavy clay subsoils.

This project has a long-standing operational history, having originally transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method. Over its lifespan, the project has undergone methodology variations, updating first to the 2015 Landfill Gas determination and ultimately to the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas determination. A significant milestone for the project was the completion of its Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC143500), which was originally contracted in April 2015. More recently, in May 2026, the primary project participant name was varied from LMS Energy Pty Ltd to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD.