Albury Landfill Gas Project

Albury Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Albury Waste Management Centre on the eastern outskirts of Albury in southern NSW. It was registered in February 2013 and covers the extent of the local municipal waste facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve the installation of a gas collection system to capture methane-rich biogas produced by decomposing organic matter in a landfill. Under the standard requirements of the methodology, this captured gas is then combusted in a generator to produce renewable electricity, thereby preventing potent methane emissions from entering the atmosphere.

The surrounding Murray and Riverina region is heavily utilised for agricultural enterprises, predominantly broadacre cropping such as wheat and canola, as well as the grazing of sheep and cattle on both native and improved pastures. The Albury area typically experiences a temperate climate with reliable, winter-dominant rainfall. Soils in the region are largely Chromosols, which feature a distinct clay subsoil, alongside Dermosols and heavier clays in lower-lying areas.

This project transitioned from an earlier revoked Carbon Farming Initiative method and continues to capture and combust gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste. The project is operated by LMS Energy in partnership with Albury City Council. Notably, the site forms part of the Albury Renewable Energy Hub, which in 2019 became home to Australia's first solar farm built on a capped landfill. The co-located 1.1MW solar facility features 4,000 panels and even powers a directly-connected public electric vehicle fast charger. Furthermore, the project's Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC783640) was successfully fulfilled and completed in April 2022.