Bendigo Landfill Gas Project

Bendigo Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located in Bendigo, approximately 150km northwest of Melbourne in Victoria. It was registered in March 2013 and covers an unspecified area at a local waste management facility.

The Greater Bendigo region is traditionally known for livestock grazing, broadacre cropping, and native Box-Ironbark forestry operations. The area is classified as having a temperate, medium rainfall climate, and the environmental conditions feature soils that are predominantly sedimentary clays with rocky and gravelly profiles typical of the historic Goldfields district.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve the capture and combustion of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide, produced by decomposing organic waste. Standard methodology requirements dictate that proponents must install and continually operate a specialized landfill gas collection system. The captured gas is then combusted in a generator to produce renewable electricity, ensuring that harmful emissions are safely destroyed at the source rather than venting into the atmosphere.

This project is operated by LMS Energy Pty Ltd in partnership with the City of Greater Bendigo. The on-site bioenergy facility features an installed capacity of 0.5 MW and generates roughly 3,580 MWh of electricity, enough to power over 800 homes and equate to taking thousands of cars off the road. Over its lifetime, the project has transitioned through multiple methodology variations to stay current, moving from early legacy waste methods to the current 2021 electricity generation determination. Its original abatement contract, initiated in March 2013, has been successfully completed, and the facility continues to capture gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste.