Remount Landfill Gas Project

Remount Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Remount Road Launceston Waste Centre in Mowbray, situated a few kilometres north of the Launceston CBD in Tasmania. Registered in March 2013 by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, the project's exact spatial area is not publicly disclosed, but it operates within the footprint of the municipal waste management facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas methodologies involve installing infrastructure to capture landfill biogas, which contains high concentrations of methane, a potent greenhouse gas generated as organic waste decomposes, and combusting it in an engine to produce renewable electricity. This actively prevents methane from entering the atmosphere while displacing fossil-fuel generated power on the electricity grid. Standard requirements for these projects include continuous monitoring of gas flow rates, methane concentration levels, and the total amount of electricity generated.

The broader Launceston and Tamar Valley region surrounding the facility is known for diverse agricultural land uses, including sheep and cattle grazing, orcharding, and viticulture, alongside commercial forestry operations. The area experiences a temperate climate with moderate, consistent rainfall. Soils in this region generally consist of alluvial deposits, clay loams, and podzolic soils.

The project has transitioned through several method variations to stay up to date, most recently adopting the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas methodology in early 2022. Interestingly, the project was contracted with the Australian Government under an April 2015 carbon abatement auction (Contract CAC783640), successfully fulfilling and completing its delivery obligations in April 2022. The proponent, LMS Energy, is one of Australia's largest methane abatement companies, managing dozens of biogas facilities. Their Launceston facility has an installed baseload capacity of 2.2 megawatts and generates approximately 16,000 megawatt-hours of renewable electricity annually, which is enough to power roughly 2,200 local homes.