Hallam Landfill Gas Project

Hallam Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located in Hallam, approximately 35km southeast of the Melbourne CBD in Victoria. It was registered in November 2012 and covers an unknown area.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve the installation of infrastructure to capture methane gas emitted by the decomposition of organic waste. The standard requirements dictate that this captured gas must be combusted, either via a flare or through an engine to generate electricity. This process converts the highly potent methane into less harmful carbon dioxide and reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions venting into the atmosphere.

The Hallam area is situated in the heavily urbanised and industrialised south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The surrounding regional land use primarily consists of residential development, commercial and industrial activities, and municipal waste management. The region experiences a temperate climate with moderate annual rainfall, and the local soils are generally characterised by clay and sandy loams.

This project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative ('CFI') method and continues to capture and combust gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste. It has undergone several methodology variations over its lifetime, most recently updating to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021 in February 2022. The project originally secured a carbon abatement contract (CAC143500) in April 2015, which was successfully completed in October 2021. It remains highly productive, recently receiving an issuance of 149,828 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). In May 2026, the official project participant name was varied from LMS Energy Pty Ltd to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD.