Pedler Creek Landfill Gas Upgrade Project

Pedler Creek Landfill Gas Upgrade Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Southern Region Waste Resource Authority (SRWRA) facility in Seaford Heights, 35km south of Adelaide in South Australia. It was registered in February 2017 and operates over an unknown area size at an active municipal waste management facility.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involve the installation and continuous operation of systems designed to capture methane gas emitted by decomposing organic legacy and non-legacy waste. The captured gas is filtered and combusted in generator engines to produce renewable electricity, preventing potent greenhouse gases from venting into the atmosphere and offsetting grid emissions.

The surrounding McLaren Vale and Seaford region is historically known for vineyards and livestock grazing, alongside increasing urban development. The area is considered to have a Mediterranean climate with moderate, winter-dominant rainfall, and soils are generally sandy loams, red-brown friable loams, and yellow clays.

This project is situated at a major joint venture waste facility established by the Cities of Onkaparinga, Marion, and Holdfast Bay. The project was contracted in December 2018, and this contract (CAC626984) was successfully completed in August 2026. As part of its compliance history, the Clean Energy Regulator required the proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd, to relinquish 78,685 Kyoto Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in July 2020 due to a self-identified adjustment. The project also varied its methodology in February 2022, transitioning from the 2015 Landfill Gas rules to the updated 2021 Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas determination.