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Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay

Waste power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. Approximate location -12.3892, 130.9254.

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Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay is a 1 MW waste power plant in Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by LMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #515 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

1Legacy source-record capacity
1,514homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000252.

Data status

Known data

FacilityLandfill Management Services Shoal Bay WRI
CountryAustralia · Northern Territory WRI
Coordinates-12.3892, 130.9254 WRI
FuelWaste WRI
MW installed capacity1 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerLMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#515 of 536 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#38 of 50 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.39× · 3 MW median · 50 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent1,514 calculated
Climate27.2°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC5 · 50/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 1 MW, Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay is below the median waste plant in Australia (3 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest waste plants in Australia

Lucas Heights II: 16 MW16Lucas Heig…Broadmeadows: 12 MW12Broadmeado…Claytons: 11 MW11ClaytonsTraralgon Network Support Station: 10 MW10Traralgon …Eastern Creek 2: 9 MW9Eastern Cr…Hallam Road: 9 MW9Hallam RoadBerwick: 7 MW7BerwickWoodlawn Bioreactor: 7 MW7Woodlawn B…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by LMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 12.4°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

27.2°Cannual mean temp
0heating degree-days (base 18°C)
3,363cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
34 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 28 °CJF: 28 °CFM: 28 °CMA: 28 °CAM: 26 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 28 °CSO: 29 °CON: 29 °CND: 29 °CD29 °C

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C5ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
50/100environmental-severity index
5.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
26 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #38 largest waste power plant of 50 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 50 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 189 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates -12.3892, 130.9254 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay?

Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay is a 1 MW source-record waste power plant in Northern Territory, Australia.

How many homes can Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,514 homes (estimated).

Who operates Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay?

Landfill Management Services Shoal Bay is operated by LMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd.

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