Hervey Bay Landfill Gas Project

Hervey Bay Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas project located at a regional waste facility in Hervey Bay, situated in the Fraser Coast region of Queensland. It was registered in March 2015 by the proponent LGI Limited and covers an unknown registered project area.

Landfill gas projects involve installing a new gas collection system or upgrading an existing one. The standard requirement of these systems is to capture methane gas generated at the landfill from decomposing legacy and non-legacy waste and combust it. By combusting methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, and converting it into less harmful carbon dioxide, typically via a flare, the project successfully reduces the site's net emissions.

The Hervey Bay and broader Fraser Coast area supports a mix of urban areas, forestry, sugarcane cropping, and cattle grazing. The region experiences a moist subtropical climate with relatively high, summer-dominant rainfall. The soils across the catchment are typically sandy Podosols with low water-holding capacity, alongside Dermosols, Kurosols, and alluvial soils near watercourses.

This project was established to install a new landfill gas collection system to capture and combust emissions from the site. Managed by LGI Limited, a company that frequently partners with local councils to build and operate bespoke biogas infrastructure, the initiative generates carbon credits while improving local air quality. The project successfully delivered on its initial carbon abatement contract, which was established in November 2015 and completed by mid-2023. Additionally, in October 2022, the project varied its methodology to operate under the updated Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 (Compilation No. 1).