Glenorchy Landfill Gas Upgrade Project

Glenorchy Landfill Gas Upgrade Project is a waste management and bioenergy project located at the Jackson Street landfill facility in Glenorchy, approximately 7km northwest of the Hobart CBD in Tasmania. It was registered in July 2022. The immediate project area is an active municipal waste site, while the wider Derwent Valley region consists of urban zones surrounded by natural forestry. The local climate is cool temperate with moderate to low coastal rainfall, and native soils typically feature clay loams and podzols derived from mudstone and dolerite.

Electricity generation from landfill gas projects under the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme involve installing or expanding gas collection infrastructure to capture methane emitted by decomposing organic matter. The standard requirement is that this captured biogas, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide, is safely combusted in an internal combustion engine to produce renewable electricity, rather than simply being flared or vented into the atmosphere.

This project upgrades an existing landfill gas collection system to capture and combust gas generated from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Developed and operated by LMS Energy in partnership with the Glenorchy City Council, the bioenergy facility has an installed electrical capacity of 1.6 megawatts. In June 2024, the project underwent a variation to transition to the 2021 Electricity Generation methodology determination. To secure the long-term viability of the site where the project operates, the local council recently constructed a $3.5 million engineered cell, extending the landfill's active lifespan for another ten years.