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 Launceston in Tasmania. It was registered in March 2013 by LMS Energy Pty Ltd (postcode 7250). While the exact project area in hectares is not specified on the public registry, the project activities are contained within the operational footprint of the industrial landfill facility. The wider Tamar Valley region surrounding Launceston is characterized by diverse agricultural land uses, primarily including forestry, sheep and cattle grazing, and viticulture.

The Launceston region generally experiences a moderate to high rainfall climate, receiving an average of around 680mm to 700mm of rain annually. Soils in the immediate area and surrounding valley typically consist of fertile alluvial deposits along the river corridors, transitioning into heavy clays and sandy loams in the surrounding agricultural and forested zones.

Projects operating under the Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas methodology involve the installation and continuous operation of a landfill gas collection system. These systems actively capture methane emissions generated by the anaerobic decomposition of both legacy and non-legacy organic waste buried in the landfill. The captured methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, is then combusted in a generator to produce electricity. This process prevents the methane from escaping into the atmosphere while concurrently supplying renewable energy to the grid.

Since its inception, the Remount Landfill Gas Project has undergone several regulatory variations to stay up to date. It originally transitioned from a revoked 2012 Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method, updated to the 2015 method, and is currently governed by the Carbon Credits (Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. The project successfully delivered carbon abatement to the Commonwealth under an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) contract (CAC783640), which was secured in an April 2015 auction and has since been completed. Public disclosures reveal that Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated from this specific facility have been utilized by major corporations; for instance, Chevron Australia surrendered 5,000 ACCUs from this project to offset emissions for their Gorgon gas facility. The proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd, remains one of the largest contractors for landfill gas abatement in Australia, operating dozens of similar methane-capture projects nationwide.