Moranbah North 2 Waste Coal Mine Gas Power Station

Moranbah North 2 Waste Coal Mine Gas Power Station is a displacement electricity production project located at the Moranbah North Mine, approximately 10 kilometers north of the town of Moranbah in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Registered in March 2025, this project operates within the industrial footprint of the existing coal mining operations.

The project utilizes the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Coal Mine Waste Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. This methodology credits the abatement of greenhouse gases by capturing methane (a potent greenhouse gas) from coal seams that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere as fugitive emissions. The captured gas is combusted in electricity production devices to generate power, converting the methane into less harmful carbon dioxide and displacing electricity that would otherwise be drawn from the grid.

The Moranbah region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with summer-dominant rainfall averaging approximately 600mm per year. The surrounding landscape consists largely of grazing land for cattle and vast open-cut and underground mining operations, underpinned by cracking clay soils typical of the Brigalow Belt.

This project appears to be a significant expansion or a new stage of the long-standing collaboration between the proponent, EDL Projects, and the mine owner, Anglo American. Historical data indicates that the Moranbah North facility has been expanded in phases, with this specific registration likely covering an additional capacity (e.g., an 18MW expansion) to utilize increased gas drainage from the underground mine operations.