Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project

Red Hill Landfill Gas Power Station Upgrade Project is a landfill gas project located at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility, approximately 12km northeast of Midland and 30km northeast of the Perth CBD in Western Australia. Registered in May 2021, the project operates within a major waste disposal site situated on the Darling Scarp. The surrounding region is characterized by a mix of state forest, catchment management areas, and rural-residential land use, bordering the John Forrest National Park.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. This methodology credits the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by capturing methane, a potent greenhouse gas generated by decomposing organic waste, and combusting it to generate electricity. As an "upgrade" project, it involves installing new gas collection infrastructure (such as additional wells or pipework) or generation capacity to increase the efficiency of gas capture from both legacy and non-legacy waste beyond what would have occurred under the facility's baseline operations.

Environmentally, the Red Hill region experiences a Mediterranean climate with winter-dominant rainfall, averaging approximately 800mm to 900mm annually. The local geology and soils typically consist of the lateritic gravels and clays characteristic of the Darling Range, often overlying granite bedrock.

The Red Hill Waste Management Facility is significant as it is the only facility in the Perth metropolitan area licensed to accept Class IV (secure) waste, although the gas extraction primarily targets putrescible waste cells. The power station at the site has been historically associated with Energy Developments (EDL), though the project participant is listed as Landfill Gas & Power Pty Ltd following a variation in July 2023. The facility reportedly has a generation capacity of approximately 4MW, feeding renewable energy into the local grid.