FertigHy, a new player in low-carbon fertilizer production, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of the food industry value chain

FertigHy, which plans to implement several large-scale low-carbon fertilizer projects, will build and operate its first plant in Spain, and then replicate its factory in other European countries. The plant will produce more than one million tons of low-carbon, nitrogen-based fertilizer per year, using 100% renewable electricity from green hydrogen, and construction is scheduled to begin in 2025. FertigHy is headed by José Antonio de las Heras, who has more than 25 years of executive and non-executive corporate and entrepreneurial experience, with expertise in green hydrogen, renewables and natural gas.

The agricultural sector alone is responsible for 13% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions* and European farmers use more than 11 million tonnes of nitrogen fertilizer (nutrient) every year. In its October 2022 communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilizer, the European Commission classified the fertilizer sector as critical and supports the transition to low-carbon fertilizer. FertigHy is a good example of European industry players investing in Europe in order to continuously decarbonize the economy, in this case fertilizer. The European Commission’s primary response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was decisive for the decision to locate in Europe, as FertigHy aims to directly address the challenges facing the EU and to be a leader in the low-carbon fertilizer industry. in Europe. FertigHy will work to expand its operations across Europe and aims to reduce overall emissions by up to two million tonnes of CO2 per plant per year.