Wyndham Landfill Gas Project

Wyndham Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas electricity generation project located at the Wyndham Refuse Disposal Facility in Werribee, approximately 35km southwest of the Melbourne CBD in Victoria. It was registered in February 2013 and covers an unspecified area corresponding to the active landfill bounds.

Projects under the Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas methodology involve the continuing operation of a gas collection system to capture methane emissions generated by decomposing organic waste. This captured gas is then combusted in generators to produce renewable electricity, thereby preventing a highly potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

The broader Wyndham region is situated on the Victorian Volcanic Plain and is considered one of Australia's fastest-growing urban corridors, though historically the land was heavily used for agriculture, market gardening, and grazing. The local environment sits within a rain shadow, giving it a relatively low-rainfall, semi-arid climate compared to the rest of the greater metropolitan area, and soils in the region are typically heavy basaltic clays.

An interesting note about this project is its extensive regulatory history. Managed by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, it transitioned from older revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methods to the 2021 methodology framework, allowing it to continuously capture and combust gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste streams. Furthermore, the project secured a carbon abatement contract in April 2015, which was officially completed in April 2022.