Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project

Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project is a landfill gas to energy project located at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility in the Darling Escarpment, approximately 16km northeast of Perth Airport in Western Australia. It was registered in May 2021. While the exact project area is not explicitly specified in the carbon registry, the broader waste facility spans roughly 352 hectares across four lots.

Landfill gas electricity generation projects involve upgrading or installing collection systems to capture landfill gas, predominantly methane emitted from decomposing organic waste, and combusting it in an internal combustion engine to generate renewable electricity. Standard requirements dictate strict monitoring of the methane sent to the combustion device, converting the potent greenhouse gas into less harmful emissions while displacing fossil-fuel-generated power on the local electricity grid.

The Perth Hills region is characterised by a mix of urban fringe development, municipal infrastructure, and native escarpment bushland. The area experiences a Mediterranean climate with moderate, winter-dominant rainfall. The local geology predominantly features lateritic, gravelly soils over clay and granite, which provide excellent natural buffering and stability for landfill containment operations.

This specific project upgrades an existing collection system to capture gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste at the site. The facility holds historical significance, with the original power station being Western Australia's first environmentally sustainable waste-to-energy landfill gas plant, which has been operating since 1993. In January 2022, the project transitioned from the older 2015 methodology to the updated 2021 determination. Additionally, in July 2023, the registered proponent and participant name was varied from EDL Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd to Landfill Gas & Power Pty Ltd.