Cedars Road Landfill Gas Extraction and Combustion

Cedars Road Landfill Gas Extraction and Combustion is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Cedars Road Waste Facility in South Bingera, approximately 15km southwest of Bundaberg in Queensland. It was registered in February 2014 and covers an undefined project area constrained to the footprint of the regional landfill.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve installing infrastructure within a landfill's waste mass to capture methane-rich biogas generated by decomposing legacy and non-legacy organic waste. Under the methodology's standard requirements, the collected biogas is sent to a combustion device, such as a flare or an engine, to destroy the highly potent methane by converting it into carbon dioxide. This process generates renewable electricity and significantly mitigates the landfill's overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The surrounding Bundaberg region is predominantly utilised for intensive agricultural purposes, including sugarcane cropping, horticulture, and cattle grazing. The environment is characterised by a subtropical climate with high, summer-dominant rainfall. Regional soils are highly diverse, typically featuring productive basalt-derived red volcanic soils, sandy loams, and heavier clays.

Originally registered to the Bundaberg Regional Council, who were issued 4,047 ACCUs in the 2014/15 financial year, the project proponent was officially varied to LGI Limited in early 2015. The project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) legacy waste method and continues to actively capture and combust gas generated at the site. A carbon abatement contract (CAC333101) tied to the project was successfully completed in September 2021. This milestone is part of a decade-long sustainability partnership between LGI and the council that has heavily reduced local carbon emissions and operates at minimal cost to local ratepayers.