Shepparton Landfill Gas Project

Shepparton Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Cosgrove Landfill, approximately 15km east of Shepparton in Victoria's Goulburn Valley. It was registered in March 2013 and operates within the local municipal waste facility run by the Greater Shepparton City Council. While the exact project area boundaries are unlisted, it actively covers the operational landfill cells at the Cosgrove site.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve capturing methane emissions generated by decomposing organic waste in a landfill, and combusting this captured gas to produce renewable energy. This process prevents methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere and displaces fossil-fuel-based grid electricity.

The broader Shepparton area is heavily known for its intensive agriculture, particularly dairy farming, broadacre cropping, and extensive fruit orchards. The region typically experiences a temperate, semi-arid climate with moderate to low rainfall averaging around 460-500mm annually. Regional soils generally consist of shallow loams overlying clay dominant subsoils.

This project captures gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste streams and features a 0.8-megawatt generator operated by the project proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd. The project has undergone multiple methodology variations over its lifespan, transitioning from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative ('CFI') method in 2015 to the latest 2021 Electricity Generation methodology in 2022. Additionally, the project successfully fulfilled its government carbon abatement contract (CAC362004) which was originally awarded in April 2015.