Eastern Creek 2 Landfill Gas Project

Eastern Creek 2 Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at Eastern Creek, approximately 35km west of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. It was registered in February 2013 and operates over an active landfill site. The immediate region is heavily utilised for industrial purposes, resource recovery, and waste management, surrounded by the broader urban and residential developments of the Blacktown local government area.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve installing a gas collection system to capture methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas produced by decomposing organic waste. The standard requirements of this methodology dictate that the captured biogas must be combusted in generators (such as internal combustion engines) to produce renewable baseload electricity, ensuring the volume of methane destroyed exceeds any baseline regulatory requirements.

The Eastern Creek area experiences a moderate annual rainfall of approximately 875mm. The local environment is dominated by the Blacktown soil landscape, which is characterised by shallow, hard-setting podzolic soils over highly reactive clay and shaley clay subsoils.

This project is managed by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, one of Australia's largest bioenergy operators. It actively captures gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Over its lifetime, it transitioned from revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methods through to the current 2021 methodology determination. Additionally, the project secured a carbon abatement contract (CAC143500) in April 2015, which was successfully completed in October 2021. By converting landfill emissions into electricity, the facility helps displace fossil fuels while powering thousands of local homes.