Nambour Landfill Gas Project

Nambour Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at the Northern Waste Precinct in Bli Bli, a few kilometres east of Nambour on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. It was registered in December 2013 by LMS Energy Pty Ltd and operates within the footprint of the active Nambour Resource Recovery Centre.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation of infrastructure to capture biogas, primarily methane, produced by the decomposition of legacy and non-legacy waste in the landfill. Under the applicable methodology, this captured gas is combusted to convert the highly potent methane into less harmful carbon dioxide, thereby generating carbon credits.

The Sunshine Coast region surrounding Nambour is known for mixed agriculture, natural forestry, and residential development. The area experiences a subtropical climate with high annual rainfall, typically exceeding 1,400mm, and the local soils generally consist of sandy coastal loams, clayey sands, and dermosols.

Originally transitioning from an older, revoked Carbon Farming Initiative method, this project has continually evolved over its lifespan. While it initially destroyed methane via a standard biogas flare, the facility was upgraded by LMS Energy with a 1-megawatt Jenbacher engine designed to generate renewable electricity. The bioenergy facility now captures gas through an extensive network of wells and pipes, providing approximately 9,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy annually, enough to power around 1,500 local homes while abating up to 55,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year. Additionally, the project successfully delivered on its initial carbon abatement contract with the Clean Energy Regulator in June 2022.