Landfill gas in Western Australia:
Above - 3.3MW Landfill gas power generation facility.
Source - Landfill Management Services Pty Ltd
Western Australia has a successful history of developing landfill gas generators which convert methane into electricity. Ten landfill gas generators were operating in Perth in June 2006 and they were contributing 24MW of power to the main grid, enough to supply 33,000 households with electricity.
The latest landfill gas generator, known as the Henderson Renewable Energy Facility and located in Henderson, was opened on 7 June 2006. It is expected that the 2.1MW landfill gas generator will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than one million tonnes over the next 16 years. The facility is owned and operated by Waste Gas Resources.
In the Perth metropolitan region, nine other landfill generators are located in Redhill, Mt Claremont, Canning Vale, Kalamunda, Baldivis, Gosnells, Tamala Park, Noranda and South Cardup.
Landfill Gas and Power Pty Ltd (LPG) has built four landfill power stations and they are located in Tamala Park (commissioned in 2004), Kalamunda (1996), Canning Vale (1995) and Redhill (1993).
For more information, go to:
 http://reps.cciwa.com/
The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) owns and operates landfill gas generators in Orange Grove (commissioned in October 2003) and Baldivis (commissioned in November 2003).
For more information, go to:
http://www.agl.com.au/
Western Australian Landfill Services (WALS) is responsible for the South Cardup Landfill, which started operations in 1999.
For more information, go to:
http://www.sita.com.au/
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