Australia’s leading bioenergy and emissions reduction company is pleased to be supporting the evolution of New Zealand’s circular economy by supplying innovative infrastructure to the Ecogas food waste-to-bioenergy facility at Reporoa.
LMS Energy exists to protect the environment from climate change and is a leading methane destruction and bioenergy company. Across more than 60 sites in Australia, NZ and the US, LMS captures methane at landfills and converts it into clean renewable energy – or destroys it using flares. The company’s global portfolio of biogas projects generates enough renewable energy to power 100,000 homes each day. LMS is also Australia’s largest emissions reducer, annually abating greenhouse gases equivalent to more than four million tonnes of carbon dioxide. LMS was the first Australian company to capture biogas for fuel use and, in 1990, was the first to connect a biogas-to-electricity plant to the grid.
Now LMS is leading the way once more, this time in New Zealand. While LMS’ current portfolio of biogas power stations generate renewable electricity, at Reporoa LMS technology will also be used to generate heat for the groundbreaking food waste-to-bioenergy facility. LMS will operate the combined heat and power plant in partnership with Ecogas.
“This is a company-first for us – it’s exciting,” says LMS General Manager Matthew Falzon. “LMS will build, own and maintain the plant – the first time that we have supplied two commodities (heat and power) to an organics processing facility. Typically, LMS’ bioenergy facilities only supply electricity, which is either exported to the grid or utilised on-site to power infrastructure.
“This project is a great example of the innovative culture that is embedded in LMS, and a culture that is driving diversified new technologies to protect the environment. Our projects are designed to minimise the effect of waste generation and utilise waste to supply clean, reliable energy.”
For more than 40 years, LMS has driven the technological innovation required to efficiently recover and convert organic waste into a valuable source of green energy to power communities. Today, LMS recovers biogas from more than 150 million tonnes of waste. LMS’ strategic vision is aligned with circular economy objectives and this is a key driver behind the company’s ongoing significant investment in new and improved approaches to waste management and renewable energy.
“While the majority of our projects are in Australia, our presence in New Zealand is starting to grow, with four projects in the North Island and one in the South Island. The Reporoa project is a shining example of how to better utilise organic waste and is well aligned with LMS’ vision to be a world-leading bioenergy company, powering the circular economy.”
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