Tweed Landfill Gas Project

Tweed Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at the Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre in the Tweed Shire, roughly 15km inland from Tweed Heads on the New South Wales north coast. It was registered in February 2013 and operates over an unspecified area, which is a standard procedure for facility-based emissions reduction projects.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation of a gas collection network within a landfill site to capture methane generated by the decomposition of organic waste. Standard requirements dictate that the captured methane must then be continuously extracted and combusted, typically via a high-temperature flare or an electricity generation engine, converting the highly potent methane gas into carbon dioxide to substantially lower the site's greenhouse gas emissions.

The surrounding Tweed region is known for a mix of agricultural land uses, including sugarcane farming, horticulture, and cattle grazing, alongside nature reserves and coastal urban development. The area experiences a sub-tropical climate characterised by high annual rainfall. Local soils are generally rich and diverse, featuring alluvial river plains, coastal sands, and fertile basalt-derived volcanic clays originating from the Mount Warning area.

Operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, one of Australia's most experienced landfill biogas companies, the project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and continues to capture and combust gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Over its operational lifetime, the project has updated its compliance with evolving regulatory standards, officially varying to the 2015 methodology in 2015, and later to its Compilation No. 1 in September 2021. Additionally, the project was supported by a long-term Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC362004) awarded in February 2013, which successfully reached completion in April 2022.