Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231:clause:1_8a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00231
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 8A
Character Range: 26426–28271

8A  Project activities

       (1) A landfill gas (electricity generation) project must include one or more of the following types of activities (which are called project activities in this determination):
           (a) landfill gas capture for biomethane;
           (b) biomethane production;
           (c) emissions destruction.

       (2) Landfill gas capture for biomethane involves:
           (a) collecting landfill gas; and
           (b) sending that landfill gas to a biogas upgrading system that is part of a project biomethane facility.

            Note: Conversion abatement from landfill gas capture for biomethane only occurs when biomethane produced from landfill gas as part of the project can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

       (3) Biomethane production involves:
           (a) treating biogas, which includes landfill gas, by biogas upgrading to produce biomethane at a project biomethane facility, with or without biogas produced from other biogas waste; and
           (b) sending the biomethane to an end use where it can reasonably be expected to be combusted within Australia as a natural gas substitute.

            Note 1: Acceptable end uses may include sale and transport to a gas retailer or gas consumer, or on-site combustion for heat or power.

            Note 2: Combustion of biomethane may occur on-site at the biomethane facility, or off-site if the biomethane is transported from the biomethane facility to an end user. This may be through injection into a gas distribution or transmission network, transport via road, or another gas transport mechanism.

       (4) Emissions destruction involves:
           (a) collecting landfill gas; and
           (b) destroying the proportion of the biogas that is methane using a combustion device.