A climate tech company on a mission to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, CH4 Global has announced the start of Asparagopsis production at its first full-scale EcoPark. The opening of EcoPark’s phase one was marked with a special event on January 30, 2025.
Australia-based climate tech company CH4 Global, Inc., officially opened phase one of its first full-scale EcoPark, where it has begun to grow and process Asparagopsis in 10 large-scale cultivation ponds with a combined capacity of 2 million litres – capable of producing 80 metric tonnes of the seaweed each year.
Over the next year, the facility will expand to 100 ponds capable of producing enough Asparagopsis to serve 45,000 cattle per day – a significant step toward meeting demand from CH4 Global’s existing commercial partners in Australia and beyond. With additional investment, the facility could eventually expand to 500 ponds capable of serving hundreds of thousands of cattle per day.
Built at Louth Bay, 23km south of Port Lincoln on Eyre Peninsula, the EcoPark consists of research and development facilities, a seedling hatchery, patented in-land growth ponds, and harvesting and drying technologies to convert Asparagopsis into CH4 Global’s Methane Tamer products – allowing end-to-end production.
GROWING METHANE-REDUCING ASPARAGOPSIS SUSTAINABLY
Asparagopsis, which is a red seaweed native to South Australia, drastically reduces methane emissions from cows by up to 90 per cent. The company aims to sustainably grow methane-reducing Asparagopsis at scale in the EcoPark.
CH4 Global Founder and Chief Executive Dr. Steve Meller said the EcoPark was the first commercial facility of its kind, enabling the scalable propagation of Asparagopsis to meet the needs of feedlots under contract. CH4 Global’s system delivers consistent, high-quality production at a fraction of the cost, enabling profitability throughout the value chain without government subsidies.
With its proprietary pond-based system, CH4 Global aims to reduce production costs by up to 90 per cent compared to conventional tank-based methods, enabling rapid scaling while positioning CH4 Global to deliver its feed supplement at a price point that ensures profitability throughout the agricultural value chain.
PREVENTING ONE GIGATON OF CO2 EMISSIONS BY 2032
“The EcoPark allows us to now grow Asparagopsis at-scale, providing more Methane Tamer to the feedlots and farmers we are already working with, and to meet the needs of the increasing number of organisations contacting us to help them change the feeding habits of their cows as we start bending the climate curve,” Dr. Meller noted. “We are well and truly working towards eliminating one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and reaching 150 million cattle by 2030 through our local and international partnerships with feedlots and farmers, and it’s fantastic to see beef from these cows hitting shelves in Australia and heading overseas.”
CH4 Global has committed to preventing the creation of one gigatonne of CO2 emissions by 2032. To do so, CH4 Global needs to reach 150 million cattle —10 per cent of the world’s total.
Dr. Meller pointed out the Louth Bay EcoPark was an essential step on the climate journey and would be positive for the Eyre Peninsula community and economy.
