'Remount Landfill Gas Project

Remount Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas electricity generation project located at the Launceston Waste Centre on Remount Road, approximately 5km north of the Launceston city centre in Tasmania. It was registered in March 2013, and while its specific area size is unrecorded, it operates within the footprint of the municipal waste facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve installing a gas collection system to capture methane from decomposing organic waste. Standard requirements dictate that this captured gas must be flared or combusted in an engine to generate electricity, preventing the methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere and displacing grid fossil fuels.

The wider Launceston region is known for a mix of urban infrastructure, native forestry, and agriculture such as grazing and cropping. The area experiences a temperate climate with moderate to high rainfall, and local soils range from alluvial plains to fertile basalts and clays.

Operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, the project continuously captures gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Over its lifespan, it has transitioned across several method updates, moving from the 2012 legacy waste method to the 2015 method, and finally to the 2021 electricity generation determination. Notably, it was bundled into a fixed-delivery carbon abatement contract (CAC783640) awarded in April 2015. Alongside six other landfill gas sites operated by the proponent, it successfully delivered over 1.5 million tonnes of contracted abatement to the Clean Energy Regulator before the contract's completion in April 2022.