Hiringa Energy: renewable fertilizer production in Australia and New Zealand

In 2025, Hiringa, Sundown Pastoral Company and the NSW Government announced that financial close was reached on the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA) project. The GEGHA project is located in Moree, regional NSW, with 4,500 tons of renewable ammonia production per year. 

The integrated solar to ammonia project will produce fertilizer and fuel adjacent to the Wathagar cotton ginning facility, which will be used by Sundown to support production of its positive net-zero, traceable Good Earth Cotton. 

Construction is ongoing, with operations scheduled for early 2027. Project financing was provided by the National Australia Bank, with funding from the NSW state government. Carbon services provider FarmN contributed to the GEGHA project, providing Life Cycle Assessment and services forecasting the revenue from the sale of both Energy Savings Certificates and emission reduction credits. The forecasting services use FarmN’s technology-agnostic methodology for calculating the LCA of low emission N-Fertilizer production, being developed with Gold Standard.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients operates an ammonia plant in New Zealand, with an annual ammonia production of 0.15 MT. Together with Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Todd, Parininihi ki Waitōtara (PKW) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Hiringa Energy reached financial close on their Kapuni Green Hydrogen Project in early 2026.

To discuss how the GEGHA project and the Kapuni Green Hydrogen project progress, Jack Rickers (Head of Development Australia, Hiringa Energy), Glenn Johnson (General Manager Ammonia, Hiringa Energy), and Carl Richardson (Managing Director, FarmN) will be joined in conversation by AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst. Join us on Tuesday 6 October @ 3 AM EDT / 6 PM AEDT / 9 AM CEST for a fascinating discussion, and be sure to submit your questions for the speaker when registering.