Bendigo Landfill Gas Project

Bendigo Landfill Gas Project is an Electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Eaglehawk Landfill in Bendigo, Victoria, approximately 150km northwest of Melbourne. It was registered in March 2013 by LMS Energy Pty Ltd and covers an unspecified area size typical of a municipal waste management facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve capturing methane-rich biogas generated by decomposing organic waste within a landfill site and combusting it in an engine or generator to produce electricity. This process prevents methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from venting into the atmosphere while displacing fossil fuel electricity generation on the state grid.

The Greater Bendigo region is recognized for its historic gold mining and Box-Ironbark forestry, with the broader regional land use dominated by sheep grazing and cereal cropping. The area experiences a temperate climate with moderate, semi-arid rainfall (averaging 400-500mm annually) and features soils that are typically sedimentary clays, gravelly loams, and rocky quartz.

The facility continues to capture and combust gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste, having successfully transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method. To stay current with industry standards, the project has undergone multiple method variations, updating its framework in 2015 and again in 2022 to align with the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas determination. Interestingly, the project was contracted to deliver carbon abatement in March 2013, and its specific fixed delivery contract to the Commonwealth (CAC362004) was successfully fulfilled in April 2022. Powered by a spark ignition reciprocating engine, the project converts municipal waste emissions into usable baseload power, directly supporting the City of Greater Bendigo's zero-carbon environmental targets.