Swanbank Landfill Gas Project

Swanbank Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas project located at Swanbank, a major industrial precinct approximately 38km south-west of the Brisbane CBD in the City of Ipswich, Queensland. It was registered in February 2013, with its specific area tied directly to the local commercial waste management facility. The Swanbank area is known for large-scale waste management, resource recovery, and power generation operations. The region experiences a subtropical climate with moderate to high rainfall, and local soils are generally clayey sands and multi-coloured claystone underlain by sandstone and shale.

Landfill gas (electricity generation) projects involve capturing methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas naturally produced by the decomposition of organic waste. The captured gas is then systematically combusted to run engines that generate baseload renewable electricity for the local power grid.

This project operates at the REMONDIS Swanbank Renewable Energy & Waste Management Facility. Known as ReOrganic Energy Swanbank, the power generation component is run as a joint venture between the project proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd, and REMONDIS. The facility captures methane from both legacy and non-legacy waste to generate approximately 27,000 MWh of renewable electricity annually, enough to reliably power around 4,800 local homes. The project has transitioned through multiple methodology determinations over its life and successfully completed an Emissions Reduction Fund contract (CAC143500) that was originally awarded in April 2015.