Brinkley Biogas Flaring Project

Brinkley Biogas Flaring Project is an animal effluent management project located at a commercial piggery in Brinkley, approximately 16km southwest of Murray Bridge in South Australia. It was registered in March 2016.

Animal effluent management projects involve capturing and destroying methane generated from decomposing animal waste. The standard requirements for this method typically include collecting the biogas in anaerobic digesters or covered lagoons and combusting it via a flare or electrical generator to prevent the greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.

The Brinkley area is known for broadacre cropping, livestock grazing, and intensive farming operations such as piggeries. The region experiences a semi-arid climate with low annual rainfall, and the local soils are generally characterised by sandy loams, clayey sands, and rubbly calcareous subsoils.

This project collects and combusts methane generated from piggery manure in covered lagoons. Originally commenced under the 2013 piggeries methodology, the project transitioned to the updated 2019 Animal Effluent Management method in June 2022. The project proponent, SunPork Consolidated Pty Ltd, entered into a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC967819) in April 2017, which was successfully completed in June 2024 after delivering over 6,500 carbon credits to the Australian Government.