Woy Woy Landfill Gas Upgrade Project

Woy Woy Landfill Gas Upgrade Project is an electricity generation from landfill gas project located at the Woy Woy Waste Management Facility on the Central Coast of New South Wales, approximately 10km south of the major centre of Gosford. It was registered on June 20, 2022, by project proponent LMS Energy Pty Ltd. While the exact carbon project area is not specified on the registry, it operates within the 50-hectare footprint of the Council-owned waste management facility.

Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas projects involve capturing methane-rich biogas emitted from decomposing organic waste and combusting it to generate renewable electricity. This methodology prevents potent greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere and displacing fossil fuel energy. Specifically, this project upgrades an existing landfill gas collection system to capture and combust gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste.

The Woy Woy area is characterised by coastal residential zones, estuarine systems, and the dense native bushland of the adjoining Brisbane Water National Park. The region experiences high rainfall, with annual averages ranging between 950mm and 1,200mm. Local soils in this part of the Central Coast are generally coastal sands, loamy sands, and podzolic soils with clay subsoils.

Interestingly, on February 21, 2024, the project varied its method from the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 to the updated Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas Methodology Determination 2021. The facility's gas extraction system, maintained and upgraded by LMS Energy, minimises harmful landfill greenhouse gas emissions and odours while concurrently feeding renewable power back into the national grid.