Browns Plains Landfill Gas Project

Browns Plains Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at Browns Plains, approximately 25km south of the Brisbane CBD in the Logan City local government area of Queensland. It was registered in April 2013 and operates over an undefined project area centered around the existing Browns Plains Waste and Recycling Facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve capturing methane-rich gas emitted by decomposing organic legacy and non-legacy waste within a landfill. Instead of allowing this potent greenhouse gas to vent into the atmosphere, the gas is collected and combusted in an internal combustion engine (such as a spark-ignition reciprocating engine) to generate electricity that is then exported to the power grid.

The Logan and Browns Plains region is situated in south-east Queensland, an area known for a humid subtropical climate with high summer rainfall. The local topography typically features alluvial clays and sandy loam (podzolic) soils. The predominant land use in this specific area is urban residential, commercial, and dedicated municipal waste management, though the broader historical peri-urban region has supported grazing and natural bushland.

Built and managed by EDL LFG (QLD) Pty Ltd, this project upgraded an existing landfill gas collection system. It utilises a 2.18 MW generation engine that generates around 15,000 megawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to power approximately 2,000 homes. Notably, the Browns Plains project successfully fulfilled a fixed-delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC403360) in September 2022. As part of a bundled contract with other sites, it delivered 947,569 ACCUs to the Australian Government over a 7.4-year delivery period. Most recently, in September 2026, EDL renewed its long-standing partnership with Logan City Council to continue generating renewable energy at the Browns Plains site until at least 2042.