Hyland Highway Landfill Gas System Upgrade (Stage 1)

Hyland Highway Landfill Gas System Upgrade (Stage 1) is a landfill gas capture project located at the Hyland Highway Landfill in Loy Yang, approximately 9km south of Traralgon in the Gippsland region of Victoria. Registered in November 2017, the project operates within the Latrobe City Council's waste management facility, which sits amidst a landscape heavily characterised by forestry operations and the region's historic brown coal power generation industry.

The project involves the upgrade of an existing landfill gas collection system to improve the capture and combustion of methane generated by decomposing legacy and non-legacy waste. Operating under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021, the facility utilises a 900kW biogas generator to convert harvested methane into renewable electricity. This process not only prevents potent greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere but also offsets approximately 80% of the Council's electricity requirements. The 2021 methodology variation specifically supports projects generating electricity, acknowledging that such activities often require carbon credit revenue to remain financially viable against fluctuating electricity market prices.

The Loy Yang region experiences a temperate climate with reliable rainfall, and the local terrain typically features clay-rich soils, which are utilised on-site for constructing compacted clay liners in landfill cells. Interesting features of this specific project include the on-site "Hyland Highway Education Centre," which hosts "WasteSmart" tours to educate local school groups about the circular economy and renewable energy. The project was supported by a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC344628) with the Australian Government, which was successfully completed in late 2025.