Mornington Landfill Gas Project

Mornington Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula, approximately 58km south of Melbourne in Victoria. It was registered in February 2013 and covers an unknown area.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve capturing methane, a potent greenhouse gas produced by decomposing organic waste, and combusting it in a generator to produce electricity. This standard requirement safely manages landfill emissions that would otherwise enter the atmosphere and displaces fossil-fuel generated electricity on the grid.

The Mornington Peninsula area is known for its coastal townships, residential developments, and agricultural land uses such as viticulture and grazing. The region is considered to have a temperate climate with moderate to high rainfall, and soils are generally a mix of coastal sands, brown loams, and clay.

This project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and continues to capture and combust gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste. It is operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, which is recognised as Australia's largest and most experienced bioenergy and methane destruction company. The project also successfully delivered carbon abatement to the Commonwealth under a fixed delivery government contract (CAC362004), which was formally completed in April 2022.