Teys Wagga Biogas to Boiler Reuse (Revoked)

Teys Wagga Biogas to Boiler Reuse (Revoked) was an industrial energy efficiency project located at the Teys Australia beef processing facility in the Bomen Industrial Park, approximately 7km northeast of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Registered in September 2015, the project operated for eight years before being voluntarily revoked in November 2023. While the project area is listed as "unknown" in some datasets, the coordinates place it directly within the Teys abattoir complex, a major industrial site in the Riverina region.

The project operated under the Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency methodology. This method credits activities that reduce emissions by improving the efficiency of existing equipment or by switching to less carbon-intensive energy sources. In this specific case, the project focused on capturing biogas, a methane-rich byproduct of the facility's wastewater treatment system (typically via Covered Anaerobic Lagoons), and utilizing it as a fuel source for on-site boilers. This process generates renewable thermal energy (steam), displacing the need for fossil fuels such as natural gas or coal.

The surrounding Riverina region is a significant agricultural hub characterized by mixed farming, including cattle grazing, sheep, and broadacre cropping. The environment is temperate to semi-arid, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 570mm. The soils in the wider region are typically red-brown earths (Chromosols) and clay loams, although the project itself was situated entirely within a built-up industrial infrastructure zone.

An interesting development for this facility occurred in 2019, when Teys Australia announced a $42 million "Low Emissions Energy Hub" at the Wagga site. This expansion aimed to combine biogas generation, solid waste digestion, and solar PV to make the facility energy self-sufficient. The addition of Wattly Pty Ltd as a participant in 2019 likely coincided with this expansion. The project's revocation in 2023 was enacted under Section 29 of the CFI Rule, which indicates a voluntary revocation, likely due to the conclusion of its crediting period or a transition to a new operational phase.