Lucas Heights 2 Landfill Gas Project

Lucas Heights 2 Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture and electricity generation project located at the Lucas Heights Waste Management Centre, approximately 30km southwest of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. Registered in December 2012, the project's spatial area is confined to the active landfill site. The local land use is primarily industrial and institutional, dominated by the Cleanaway waste management operations, the nearby ANSTO nuclear research facility, and surrounding native bushland. The region experiences a temperate, high-rainfall coastal climate. Soils in the area are typically shallow, sandy, and infertile, derived from the underlying Hawkesbury Sandstone, with some areas of clay subsoils.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas projects involve installing or upgrading a gas collection system to capture fugitive methane emissions produced by decomposing organic material. Standard requirements mandate that this captured gas (from both legacy and non-legacy waste) is combusted in an internal combustion engine to generate electricity. This process safely destroys the methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, while generating renewable baseload energy for the grid.

Over its operational lifespan, the project has undergone several methodology variations, successfully transitioning from earlier 2012 and 2015 revoked methods to the 2021 standard. It previously fulfilled a Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC781436) which was completed in April 2015. Most recently, in September 2026, the project proponent transitioned from EDL LFG (NSW) Pty Ltd to Lucas Heights Bioenergy Pty Ltd. Corporate filings indicate that Lucas Heights Bioenergy Pty Ltd is a 50/50 joint venture established to manage the exclusive landfill gas rights contributed by Cleanaway, the operators of the Lucas Heights landfill site.