Newline Road Landfill Gas Capture and Combustion Project

Newline Road Landfill Gas Capture and Combustion Project (ERF101696) is a landfill gas project located at the Newline Road Landfill (also known as the Raymond Terrace Resource Recovery Park), approximately 4 kilometers south of the town of Raymond Terrace in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The project was registered in July 2015, having transitioned from the earlier Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) scheme. It operates within a major waste management facility that accepts general solid waste from commercial customers and local councils in the Port Stephens area.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. This methodology credits emission reductions achieved by installing or upgrading systems to capture landfill gas, primarily methane, generated by decomposing organic waste. Instead of being released into the atmosphere, the methane is collected via a network of wells and pipes and combusted. This process converts the potent methane into carbon dioxide, significantly reducing its global warming potential. While the primary mechanism is combustion (flaring), LMS Energy is a major bioenergy proponent, and the site is associated with power generation activities that convert this gas into renewable electricity.

The Raymond Terrace region experiences a temperate coastal climate with reliable rainfall, differing significantly from the semi-arid conditions found further inland. The site sits near the edge of the Tomago Sandbeds and the Hunter River floodplain, suggesting a soil profile dominated by sands and alluvial clays. The project area itself is an engineered landfill cell environment surrounded by industrial buffer zones and native bushland.

An interesting note is that this project runs in parallel with the "Newline Road Landfill Gas Upgrade Project" (ERF174428), also managed by LMS Energy. The site has a long operational history, with gas management infrastructure evolving from simple flaring to more advanced capture systems over time. LMS Energy took over the project proponent role from SUEZ Recycling & Recovery (now part of Veolia) in 2021, consolidating the gas management operations under their specialized bioenergy portfolio.