Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project

Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas 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 officially listed as unknown in the carbon registry, the broader waste management facility spans roughly 352 hectares.

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 waste management infrastructure, and native escarpment bushland. The area experiences a Mediterranean climate with moderate, winter-dominant rainfall. Local soils predominantly feature lateritic gravels over clay and granite, which provide naturally stable conditions for landfill containment.

This 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, operating since 1993. The operating entity, Landfill Gas and Power (LGP), was famously sold by Kerry Stokes' Australian Capital Equity to a subsidiary of DUET Group (Energy Developments Limited - EDL) in 2016 for an undisclosed sum. In January 2022, the project's methodology was updated from a 2015 determination to the 2021 standard. Additionally, in July 2023, the formally registered proponent name was updated from EDL Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd back to Landfill Gas & Power Pty Ltd.