Bromelton Landfill Gas Project

Bromelton Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at Bromelton, a rural locality approximately 3.7 kilometres northwest of Beaudesert and 66 kilometres south of Brisbane in Queensland's Scenic Rim Region. It was registered in May 2015, and while the exact area size is unknown, it operates within an active waste management facility.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation of new gas collection systems or the upgrading of existing ones to capture biogas as waste breaks down. This gas, generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste, is then combusted in a flare or engine to destroy methane (a highly potent greenhouse gas), significantly reducing its global warming potential and earning Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

The Bromelton and Scenic Rim area features a mix of broadacre farming, acreage living, and a designated State Development Area known for heavy industry, logistics, and rail infrastructure. The region experiences a subtropical climate with moderate to high summer-dominant rainfall. The local soils feature diverse alluvial deposits and clays typical of the nearby Logan and Albert River catchments.

This project is managed by LMS Energy Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s largest methane abatement and bioenergy companies, which pioneered landfill biogas-to-energy projects in the country. In September 2021, the project varied its method to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 (Compilation No. 1). The project also successfully fulfilled a fixed delivery carbon abatement contract with the Commonwealth (Contract CAC120527), which was contracted in November 2016 and is now completed.