Launceston City Council recently initiated a world class waste program that is turning landfill gas into renewable energy. Situated at the Remount Road landfill site, the Launceston Renewable Energy Facility was developed by Australian company LMS Generation Pty Ltd, in conjunction with Council. Commissioned in January, the facility will reduce approximately 40,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year over the life of the project.
Launceston Mayor, Ivan Dean, said the facility is a major achievement for everybody involved and a considerable step forward for the waste and renewable energy industry.
“Council is proud to be leading the way with this world class initiative,” he said. “The facility provides a proactive solution to waste management issues that has local, national and global ramifications.”
LMS Managing Director, John Falzon, said the principal concept behind the technology is the extraction and use of landfill gas, which is transported via a specially designed pipeline to a state of the art delivery system.
“The gas is then cleaned and pressurised, ready to supply the LMS power generation module,” he said.
LMS is working with energy retailer Aurora Energy to put the power generated back into the Aurora power grid, which supplies Launceston.
The project is making a significant contribution to Australia’s renewable energy industry and is addressing the Government’s environmental goals through the extraction and combustion of approximately six million cubic metres of landfill gas per annum.
For further information contact Lisa Mies at Launceston City Council on (03) 6323 3111.
