Glennies Creek Waste Coal Mine Power Station

Glennies Creek Waste Coal Mine Power Station is an industrial fugitive emissions project located at Glennies Creek, approximately 12 kilometers north of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. Registered in February 2022, the project operates within the boundary of the Glennies Creek Colliery. The wider Hunter Valley region is a significant economic hub characterized by a mix of intensive land uses, including large-scale coal mining, viticulture, and cattle grazing.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Coal Mine Waste Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. It focuses on capturing coal mine waste gas, primarily methane that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere for safety during mining operations, and utilizing it to generate electricity. As a "transitioning displacement electricity production project," this facility previously participated in the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme. It now generates Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by destroying the potent greenhouse gas methane and displacing electricity that would otherwise be drawn from the grid.

Environmental conditions in the Singleton area are classified as warm temperate to mild subtropical, with an average annual rainfall between 700mm and 950mm. The terrain is generally flat to undulating, featuring fertile alluvial soils along the valley floors which support the region's agriculture, transitioning to texture-contrast soils on the slopes. The power station itself, operated by EDL, has a generation capacity of approximately 12.7 MW and utilizes specialized gas engines to convert the waste methane into energy.