Rockhampton Landfill Gas Project

Rockhampton Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at the Lakes Creek Road Waste Management Facility in Rockhampton, Central Queensland. It was registered in June 2020 and operates over a localized facility footprint rather than a broad agricultural area.

Landfill gas projects under this methodology involve installing a new gas collection system to capture and combust biogas generated from the breakdown of legacy and non-legacy organic waste. By extracting these emissions and routing them through a high-temperature biogas flare, methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, is safely destroyed before it can enter the atmosphere.

The surrounding Rockhampton region is widely recognized as the 'Beef Capital of Australia', with regional land use heavily dominated by cattle grazing and some agricultural cropping. The area experiences a sub-tropical climate characterized by distinct, moderate-to-high summer rainfall, while local soils predominantly consist of alluvial clays along the Fitzroy River basin and varying texture-contrast soils.

Developed by LMS Energy in partnership with the Rockhampton Regional Council, the project was notably delivered at no cost to local ratepayers. The gas collection system features a network of 18 extraction wells drilled throughout the landfill site, which actively abates an estimated 20,000 to 33,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually. Looking forward, LMS Energy and the Council are exploring the addition of a renewable energy power module to the site, which would allow the facility to convert the captured methane into electricity and feed it back into the local power grid.