Hyland Highway Landfill Gas System Upgrade (Stage 1)

Hyland Highway Landfill Gas System Upgrade (Stage 1) is a landfill gas capture and electricity generation project located at Loy Yang, approximately 10km southeast of Traralgon in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. It was registered in November 2017. While the specific gas collection footprint is not detailed, the broader landfill facility operates on a 108.8-hectare site that contains former blue gum and pine plantations.

The Latrobe Valley region is historically renowned for its extensive coal mining, thermal power generation, and commercial forestry operations, alongside mixed agricultural grazing. The local environment typically experiences a moderate to high rainfall climate, with soils in the area largely consisting of clay and sandy loams that are characteristic of the region's foothills.

This project was implemented to upgrade an existing landfill gas collection system to capture gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste. A recent extension to the facility by the Latrobe City Council included the installation of a 2G 900 kW generator. This significant upgrade increased the site's power generation capacity enough to support 1,482 average households. By converting captured gas into a localized energy source, the project offsets over 80 percent of the Council's own electricity needs, saves the Council hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in retail energy costs, and reduces emissions by an estimated 13,000 tonnes of CO2e each year.