Eastern Creek 2 Landfill Gas Project

Eastern Creek 2 Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located in Eastern Creek, approximately 35km west of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. Registered in February 2013, the project operates within a broader site focused on waste management, though the specific project area size is unlisted. The surrounding Eastern Creek region is heavily characterised by industrial land uses, logistics hubs, and significant waste recycling and management facilities. The local environment of Western Sydney generally features a temperate climate with moderate rainfall, averaging roughly 680 to 800 mm annually, and the landscape sits on the Cumberland Plain where soils are predominantly shale-derived clays.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve installing a network of collection wells to capture methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas emitted as organic waste decomposes in a landfill. The standard requirements under this methodology mandate that the captured landfill gas is combusted in an internal combustion engine or turbine, converting the methane into carbon dioxide and generating renewable electricity. This process prevents the methane from entering the atmosphere while concurrently displacing fossil-fuel-generated power on the grid.

Developed and operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, the Eastern Creek 2 project has adapted over time to align with updated carbon methodologies. It initially transitioned from a revoked legacy waste method, shifting to the 2015 Landfill Gas methodology, before varying again in February 2022 to operate under the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas method. The facility actively continues to capture and combust gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Notably, the project was contracted for carbon abatement in April 2015 and successfully completed this Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC143500) in October 2021.