Hallam Landfill Gas Project

Hallam Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Hallam Road Landfill in Hampton Park, approximately 35km south-east of Melbourne in Victoria. It was registered in November 2012. While the exact registered project area size is undeclared, it is integrated into a major state-significant waste and resource recovery hub. The surrounding Hampton Park region is characterized by urban residential neighborhoods and industrial employment zones, with the broader land use heavily focused on commercial waste processing, transfer, and resource recovery for Melbourne's eastern and south-eastern suburbs.

Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas projects involve installing, upgrading, and operating a gas collection system to capture methane generated by decomposing organic waste (spanning both legacy and non-legacy waste). Standard requirements dictate that the captured landfill gas, which would otherwise vent into the atmosphere as a highly potent greenhouse gas, must be sent to a combustion device to generate electricity. This destroys the methane and provides a secondary benefit of dispatchable renewable energy.

The Hampton Park area experiences a temperate climate with moderate, reliable rainfall. The region's natural soil profiles typically consist of sandy loams over deep, heavy clay subsoils. Within the active project area, the soil structure is highly engineered; local and stockpiled clays are utilized alongside extensive synthetic materials to systematically line and cap the landfill cells, creating an airtight environment that maximizes the efficiency of the gas extraction infrastructure.

This project transitioned from a revoked legacy Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and continues to expand its abatement potential. The biogas facility captures and combusts the methane through a network of 8 engines and 8 gas flares, generating enough continuous electricity to power approximately 10,000 homes annually. In May 2026, the primary project participant name was officially varied to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD. This reflects the operational partnership between Australia's largest biogas operator, LMS Energy, and the global environmental services company and site operator, Veolia.