JBS touts bioenergy system at Beef City facility

JBS Australia announced on Aug. 26 that it completed the installation of a bioenergy system at its Beef City Processing Facility in Toowoomba.

The company said that the system captures naturally occurring biogas and reuses it on-site to reduce the equivalent of 34,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

According to JBS, Beef City plans to reduce its volume of natural gas use on-site by replacing it with up to 10,000 cubic meters of biogas per production day.

“We’re proud to officially unveil Beef City’s bioenergy system, which is one of two completed renewable infrastructure projects for the JBS Northern business after Dinmore that was completed in 2014,” said Brendan Tatt, chief operating officer of JBS Northern. “It’s a win-win design that reuses a naturally occurring waste product to replace a considerable volume of natural, which is great for both cost and emissions management.”

Justin McCormick, plant manager of Beef City Processing for JBS, stated that the bioenergy system has already contributed to reducing the complex’s emissions.

“Since commencing operations, the bioenergy system keeps proving its worth in Beef City as we use more and more biogas each day as a lower carbon energy,” McCormick said. “Thank you to our engineering team and our construction contractors, Energy 360, for your expertise and contribution towards building a system that revolutionizes our waste management and energy usage. We’re pleased to see it making a tangible impact already.”