Albury Landfill Gas Project

Albury Landfill Gas Project is a waste-to-energy project located at the Albury Waste Management Centre, roughly 5km north of the Albury Central Business District in the suburb of Hamilton Valley, New South Wales. Registered in February 2013, the project is operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd and generates renewable electricity from gas captured at the landfill. The site is situated within the broader Albury-Wodonga region, an area characterized by a mix of urban industrial land use and surrounding agricultural zones typically used for grazing and mixed cropping.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. This methodology credits the emissions reductions achieved by capturing methane, a potent greenhouse gas released by decomposing organic waste, and combusting it in an electricity generator. By converting the methane into carbon dioxide and generating dispatchable renewable energy, the project prevents methane from entering the atmosphere and displaces fossil-fuel-based electricity from the grid. This specific project manages gas from both "legacy" waste (deposited before the Carbon Pricing Mechanism) and "non-legacy" waste.

The Albury region experiences a temperate climate with a mean annual rainfall of approximately 600mm to 700mm. The local environment features diverse soil types, predominantly Red Chromosols (red-brown earths) and red podzolic soils on the hillslopes, with heavier clays found in the lower-lying river valleys.

A notable feature of this site is its designation as the "Albury Renewable Energy Hub." In addition to the 1.1 MW landfill gas generator, the site hosts a 1.1 MW solar farm constructed on the capped landfill surface, a pioneering engineering feat in Australia given the stability challenges of building on landfill caps. The combined facility powers a local electric vehicle charging station and generates enough energy to supply thousands of local homes. The project successfully completed its Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC783640) in April 2022 and has been issued over 330,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to date.