For the past 20 years, an energy project on the outskirts of Darwin has been quietly generating renewable electricity 24 hours a day and abating tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Nathan Gregorie from LMS Energy checking a biogas well at the Shoal Bay facility.A renewable energy project at Darwin's rubbish dump is helping produce 10,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually.Darwin City Council is working on ways to divert more waste from landfill and reduce carbon emissions.For the past 20 years, an energy project on the outskirts of Darwin has been quietly generating renewable electricity 24 hours a day.
"It powers about 1,200 homes on an annual basis. That's pure, renewable power," LMS Energy director Stuart Glenn said. "It's also the equivalent of planting one million trees — reducing emissions by roughly 65,000 tonnes-equivalent of carbon dioxide."A biogas well on top of the Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility near Darwin.Over the lifetime of the operation the facility has abated enough carbon dioxide equivalent to removing 462,000 Australian cars from the road for a year, according to LMS Energy.
"As Darwin continues to grow and as the landfill expands there is the ability to increase generation."A sign on a biogas energy plant at the Shoal Bay waste management facility.Darwin City Council executive manager for environment and waste services Nick Fewster said revenue from the sale of electricity was re-invested back into the Shoal Bay facility.
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