Swanbank Landfill Gas Upgrade Project

Swanbank Landfill Gas Upgrade Project is a landfill gas energy generation project located at the Swanbank Renewable Energy and Waste Management Facility, approximately 38km southwest of Brisbane in Queensland. It was registered in September 2021.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects involves capturing methane emitted by degrading organic waste in a landfill and combusting it in an internal combustion engine to generate renewable electricity, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

The Swanbank area is known for heavy industrial land use, particularly waste management, recycling, and historical coal-fired power generation. The region typically experiences a subtropical climate with moderate to high rainfall, and local soils are generally characterised by clay and sedimentary rocks.

This project was set up by LMS Energy in a joint venture with REMONDIS to upgrade an existing gas collection system. It captures and combusts gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste. The facility exports its generated renewable electricity to the local grid, producing enough power for around 4,800 homes annually and reducing emissions by approximately 173,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent each year.