Reedy Creek Landfill Gas Project

Reedy Creek Landfill Gas Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at Reedy Creek, approximately 15km south of Surfers Paradise within the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. It was registered in June 2015 by the project proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd. While the specific project area size is unknown, the Reedy Creek region is largely characterised by high-impact and low-impact industrial activities, including extractive industries (quarrying), waste disposal, and resource recovery facilities, bordered by conservation zones and residential areas. The Gold Coast region is classified as a sub-tropical, high-rainfall environment, and local soils generally consist of sandy loam, coastal clays, and meta-greywacke rock due to the area's underlying geology.

Landfill gas electricity generation projects involve upgrading an existing landfill gas collection system to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas generated by the decomposition of legacy and non-legacy waste, and combusting it to generate renewable electricity. By flaring or combusting the gas in engines, these projects safely destroy the methane that would otherwise vent into the atmosphere.

This project is managed by LMS Energy in partnership with the City of Gold Coast, extracting gas from the council's Reedy Creek Landfill. In February 2022, the project saw a variation to its methodology, upgrading from the 2015 Landfill Gas determination to the 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas determination. Additionally, the project was contracted under the Emissions Reduction Fund in April 2017, and its contract (CAC873169), which also bundled in the Stapylton and Molendinar landfill gas sites, was successfully completed in June 2022.