'Kilcoy Bioenergy Boiler Project

Kilcoy Bioenergy Boiler Project is an industrial energy efficiency and fuel switching project located at the Kilcoy Global Foods beef processing facility, approximately 2km east of Kilcoy in Southeast Queensland. It was registered in March 2022 and covers the footprint of the industrial facility.

Industrial and Commercial Emissions Reduction (ICER) projects focus on reducing emissions tied to commercial energy consumption by upgrading inefficient energy-consuming equipment, capturing waste heat, or switching fossil fuels for lower-emission energy sources.

The Somerset Region area is known for the local cattle farming industry. The area is considered to have high rainfall grazing pastures and soils are generally fertile alluvial and clay.

This project was set up to replace an outdated 8MW coal-fired boiler with a high-efficiency 15MW biomass boiler system using organic materials such as plant waste and animal by-products. The upgrade eliminated the facility's reliance on coal for steam generation and is projected to reduce emissions by approximately 14,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. This biomass boiler, alongside a biogas cogeneration project, helped the facility achieve certified Carbon Neutral status under the Climate Active standard, reportedly a first for a large-scale beef processor in Australia. In December 2023, the project migrated from the 2015 methodology to the updated 2021 ICER methodology to continue generating ACCUs.