Toowoomba Council to make cash out of methane as biogas project comes online

A waste facility on Toowoomba’s outskirts is set to become an environmental powerhouse, with a newly installed engine to convert methane into electricity.

The biogas project, built by Brisbane-based LGI Energy, will be used on the town’s main landfill site on Hermitage Road, with nearby tips feeding into it.

While landfill biogas technology is not new, the Toowoomba site has been touted as a Queensland first as it will provide electricity that will bypass the national power grid.