Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement Facility

Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement Facility is a landfill gas project located at the Kincumber Waste Management Facility on Cullens Road, approximately 15km southeast of Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast. Registered in August 2013, the project operates within a waste management site covering approximately 20 hectares, situated in a peri-urban region characterized by a mix of residential areas, remnant bushland, and coastal zones.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. This methodology involves installing a system of wells and pipes to capture methane gas generated by decomposing organic waste. The captured gas is then combusted (flared or used for electricity generation) to convert the methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into carbon dioxide, which has a significantly lower global warming potential. This specific project manages gas from both "legacy" waste (deposited before the project started) and "non-legacy" waste.

The Kincumber region experiences a temperate coastal climate with high rainfall, averaging around 1,200mm annually. The local soil profile typically consists of sandy loams and clay soils derived from the underlying Hawkesbury Sandstone and Narrabeen Group shales common to the Central Coast.

Notably, this project is a "transitioning project," meaning it originally began under the older Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) before moving to the current Emissions Reduction Fund framework. The project proponent, LMS Energy, is a leading Australian bioenergy company. While the waste transfer station at the site has been subject to closure reviews by the Central Coast Council, the gas abatement activities continue to manage emissions from the existing landfill mass.