Roghan Road Landfill Gas Project

Roghan Road Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas project located in Fitzgibbon, approximately 16.5km north of the Brisbane CBD in Queensland. It was registered in November 2012 and covers an undefined project area.

Landfill gas projects involve the capture and combustion of methane generated by decomposing organic legacy and non-legacy waste within a landfill. Standard requirements dictate that the captured gas must be destroyed using a combustion device, such as a flare or internal combustion engine, to prevent the potent greenhouse gas from venting into the atmosphere.

The Fitzgibbon and northern Brisbane area is known for urban residential development, commercial operations, and municipal recreational reserves. The region experiences a humid subtropical climate characterised by moderate to high summer rainfall, and the local topography generally features alluvial clays and sandy loam (podzolic) soils.

This project operates on the site of a former municipal council landfill that was active between 1985 and 1995, which is now situated near a local public playground. Managed by the Brisbane City Council, having transitioned from EDL LFG (QLD) Pty Ltd in 2019, the project successfully completed a bundled fixed-delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC403360) in September 2022. Alongside the Browns Plains and Lucas Heights 2B projects, it delivered a combined total of 947,569 ACCUs to the Australian Government. Furthermore, recent environmental management reports from the Brisbane City Council noted $196,000 in revenue during the 2023-24 financial year from the sale of ACCUs generated specifically by the Roghan Road flaring project.