Bromelton Landfill Gas Project

Bromelton Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at Bromelton, approximately 70km south of Brisbane and a short drive west of Beaudesert in Queensland. Registered in May 2015, the specific project area size is not publicly disclosed, but it is situated within a region heavily utilized for agriculture, cattle grazing, and the concentrated industrial activities of the Bromelton State Development Area.

Landfill gas projects under the Carbon Farming Initiative methodology involve installing new, or upgrading existing, gas collection systems to capture methane generated from decomposing organic waste. The standard requirements mandate that the captured methane is then combusted, typically via flaring or electricity generation engines. This process converts the potent methane into carbon dioxide, which significantly lowers the overall global warming potential of the site's emissions.

The Bromelton region, located in South East Queensland, experiences a subtropical climate characterized by moderate to high summer-dominant rainfall. Situated near local waterways such as the Logan River and Teviot Brook, the surrounding environment features a variety of soil types. These generally include alluvial deposits along the floodplains and prairie soils of the Bromelton subgroup, which are frequently utilized for local agricultural and fodder crops.

This specific project entails the installation of a new landfill gas collection system to capture and combust gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste at the site. The biogas flaring facility is owned and operated by the proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd, in partnership with the Scenic Rim Regional Council. In September 2021, the project transitioned its method to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 (Compilation No. 1). Furthermore, the project successfully delivered on its Commonwealth carbon abatement contract (CAC120527), which was initially contracted in November 2016 and formally completed in June 2022.