JBS Australia Pty Limited has completed the construction of a bioenergy system at its Scone beef processing plant in NSW, eliminating the equivalent of 23,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
The bioenergy system was activated this month, capturing wastewater emissions to utilise on-site biogas for energy generation and reducing CO2 emissions.
The installation has transformed the plant’s wastewater treatment process into a circular flow that captures a naturally occurring by-product from wastewater, known as biogas, which is then utilised as a viable renewable gas.
JBS partnered with biogas handling company Energy 360 – Biogas by AGL to design and install the bioenergy infrastructure. The project included the installation of two gas-tight pond covers that encase the plant’s anaerobic wastewater lagoons to prevent biogas and waste odour from entering the atmosphere. This biogas is then redirected for use as a production heat source in substitute of liquefied natural gas.
Full article : Beef central – JBS’s Scone bioenergy system will eliminate 23,000t of annual CO2 emissions
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BIOENERGY SYSTEM OVERVIEW
COST BENEFITS OF A BIOENERGY SYSTEM
- Produce your own power – renewable electricity or gas
- Food and agricultural waste a part of the circular economy
- Organic (non-synthetic) fertiliser will enhance soil carbon capture
- No phosphate run off from fertiliser which reduces blue-green algae
- Naturally derived carbon dioxide for industry use
- Prevents carbon dioxide emissions
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