Enviropower Investments Goondiwindi Piggery Project

Enviropower Investments Goondiwindi Piggery Project is an agriculture project located approximately 12km northwest of Goondiwindi in Queensland, near the New South Wales border. It was registered in March 2014, and while the exact project area is not publicly disclosed, it operates at the facility level at the Goondiwindi Piggery.

The project operates under the Destruction of Methane Generated from Manure in Piggeries-1.1 methodology. This method involves capturing biogas from piggery effluent using covered anaerobic lagoons and combusting the methane component, typically via flaring or to generate electricity and heat. This standard process prevents methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from escaping into the atmosphere.

The Goondiwindi region is a major agricultural hub known for broadacre cropping, including cotton and cereals, as well as livestock grazing and intensive livestock operations. The region experiences a semi-arid to subtropical climate with moderate annual rainfall of approximately 500-600mm. The local soils are predominantly deep grey, brown, and black vertosols, which are highly fertile cracking clay soils typical of the Darling Downs area.

Since its inception, the project has undergone several variations. In August 2014, the project method was updated from the Engineered Biodigesters determination to its current methodology. There have also been changes in the project's proponent, shifting from Enviropower Investments Pty Ltd to CPC Piggeries Pty Ltd in October 2018, before settling with the current proponent, SP Northern Farming Piggeries Pty Ltd. Corporate records indicate that SP Northern Farming Piggeries Pty Ltd is an entity included within the broader SunPork Group, one of Australia's largest pork producers. Additionally, the project successfully secured a contract under the Emissions Reduction Fund in April 2015, which has now been fully completed.