Belrose landfill gas project

Belrose landfill gas project is a landfill gas emissions destruction project located at the Belrose waste management site, approximately 20km north of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. It was registered in June 2026 by proponent LGI Limited, though the specific project area size is not publicly disclosed. The surrounding region of Belrose consists of a mix of urban residential developments, commercial recycling facilities, and significant stretches of protected native bushland.

Landfill gas projects under the Reducing Methane Emissions from Landfill Gas methodology involve installing or upgrading infrastructure to capture and destroy methane emitted by decomposing organic waste. This specific operation is a non-biomethane, flaring-only upgrade project. It improves upon an existing landfill gas collection system to increase the capture and combustion of gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste, safely combusting the methane into less potent carbon dioxide.

The Belrose area experiences a temperate to humid subtropical climate characterised by relatively high and reliable rainfall throughout the year. The local landscape sits within the Sydney Basin, where surface profiles are predominantly shallow, sandy soils derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone, alongside some texture-contrast Chromosol soils that are commonly found across New South Wales.

An interesting fact about this site is its ongoing transformation into a modern renewable energy hub. While the Belrose site generated electricity from its captured methane until 2022, the remnant gas output has since declined and is now solely flared into the atmosphere. To further revitalise the closed landfill, the NSW Government is repurposing the land to host a state-of-the-art 14.2 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). Revenue generated from leasing the site to battery developers will directly fund the ongoing costs of methane flaring and the rehabilitation of other closed landfills across the state.