JBS Pork Australia - Corowa Mod 1, 2 & Abattoir Biogas project

JBS Pork Australia - Corowa Mod 1, 2 & Abattoir Biogas project is an animal effluent management project located at Corowa, approximately 60km west of the major regional centre of Albury-Wodonga in New South Wales. It was registered in December 2025. While the specific project area size is unknown, the surrounding Riverina area is zoned for primary production and is heavily utilised for intensive livestock grazing, such as piggeries and cattle, alongside broadacre cropping. The local environment experiences a moderate climate with an average annual rainfall of around 540mm, supported by soils consisting predominantly of alluvial clays, sandy loams, and red-brown earths.

Animal effluent management projects under the Carbon Farming Initiative generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by capturing and destroying greenhouse gases that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere from agricultural waste. The standard methodology requires treating the effluent in an emissions destruction facility. For this specific project, methane generated from pig effluent is collected using covered anaerobic ponds and then combusted to create a renewable energy source.

This project was established as a crucial component of JBS Pork Australia's broader $400 million investment to modernise their operations and improve environmental stewardship. The Corowa site's biogas system captures and treats 60% of the effluent produced by approximately 130,000 pigs. Remarkably, the combustion of this biogas generates over 50% of the electricity required to power the entire site, slashing power costs in half, minimising local odours, and reducing overall CO2 emissions by 60%. The project has undergone administrative updates since its inception, varying its governing methodology to Compilation No. 2 on June 17, 2026, and adjusting its crediting period start date to June 17, 2027.