SITA Elizabeth Drive Landfill Gas Capture (flaring & electricity generation) - Kemps Creek project

SITA Elizabeth Drive Landfill Gas Capture (flaring & electricity generation) - Kemps Creek project is a landfill gas capture and electricity generation project located at Kemps Creek, approximately 39 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. It was registered in May 2013 and operates over the footprint of the Elizabeth Drive landfill site.

Electricity generation from landfill gas methodology projects involve capturing the methane gas produced by decomposing organic waste within a closed or active landfill. Under standard requirements, this methane is extracted via a collection system and combusted, usually through an internal combustion engine to generate electricity, alongside secondary flaring. This process prevents potent methane emissions from entering the atmosphere by converting the gas into carbon dioxide and water, while creating useful renewable energy.

The Kemps Creek area is situated in Western Sydney. The local environment typically experiences moderate temperate rainfall and is characterised by the heavy clay and shale-derived soils (such as chromosols and kurosols) common to the Cumberland Plain. The general land use in this region is a mix of industrial waste management, rural-residential properties, and encroaching urban fringe development.

This project transitioned from a revoked legacy Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and actively captures gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste. The project successfully secured a fixed delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC600132) in April 2015. It successfully delivered its full obligation of 336,498 tonnes of carbon abatement to the Commonwealth before the contract was marked as completed in December 2021. Furthermore, following corporate acquisitions, the proponent's name was officially updated on the registry from Suez Recycling & Recovery Holdings Pty Limited to Cleanaway Solid Waste Pty Ltd in mid-2022.