Eastern Creek Landfill Gas Project

The Eastern Creek Landfill Gas Project is a waste sector project located in Eastern Creek, approximately 35 kilometers west of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. Registered in November 2012, the project operates within a major industrial and waste management precinct in the City of Blacktown, an area historically utilized for significant landfill operations, including the Eastern Creek Waste Management Centre. The site is situated on the Cumberland Plain, a region characterized by clay-heavy soils derived from Wianamatta Shale and a warm temperate climate with average annual rainfall between 700mm and 900mm.

The project is operated by EDL LFG (NSW) Pty Ltd and involves the capture and combustion of methane gas generated by decomposing organic matter within the landfill. Operating under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021, the facility collects landfill gas (LFG) through a network of extraction wells and piping. This gas, which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere or flared, is used to fuel generators that produce renewable electricity.

A notable aspect of this project is its long operational history, having transitioned through multiple methodology variations from the original 2012 Legacy Waste determination to the current 2021 Electricity Generation method. The project is associated with the Waste Assets Management Corporation (WAMC) site, a closed landfill that received approximately 7 million tonnes of waste before closing in 2017. EDL's infrastructure at the site has a reported generation capacity of 1.25 MW. The project successfully completed a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC405488) in September 2022, contributing to the abatement of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent over its lifespan.