The Uppsala-based Agtech company NitroCapt has signed its first pre-order agreement with the Norwegian farmers’ cooperative Felleskjøpet Agri. They have ordered a batch worth 10 million SEK of NitroCapt’s green nitrogen fertilizer, SUNIFER®, marking an important milestone for the company. NitroCapt’s groundbreaking process for electrifying nitrogen fertilizer production has the potential to drastically reduce global CO2 emissions from agriculture, while also significantly lowering production costs.
NitroCapt has developed a technology that eliminates the need for fossil fuels in nitrogen fertilizer production, a process that has traditionally contributed to significant CO2 emissions. With their patented process, emissions are drastically reduced.
- Felleskjøpet has a strong agenda to reduce greenhouse gases, and our technology has the potential to become superior in terms of energy efficiency, which in turn also impacts production cost and results in nitrate, a high-quality fertilizer with significant benefits for both agriculture and the environment. We look forward to strengthening our partnership in the coming years,” says Gustaf Forsberg, CEO of NitroCapt.
Felleskjøpet has identified nitrogen fertilizer as one of the major sources of scope 3 emissions within their operations and agriculture in general. - “We aim to enhance our sustainable offering with fertilizers that have low greenhouse gas emissions and also promote good agronomy. The agreement with NitroCapt is an important step in this effort. Their technology has the potential to make nitrogen fertilizer both cost-effective and significantly reduce emissions. We know and trust Gustaf Forsberg from his involvement in the development of Thermo Seed, a technology used for combating fungal diseases in seed, which we use successfully today. We are eager to follow NitroCapt’s development closely,” says Ragnar Dæhli, business area manager at Felleskjøpet Agri.
NitroCapt recently inaugurated its pilot plant in Uppsala and aims to build its first full-scale plant by 2027. With a single unit, the company will be able to supply nitrogen fertilizer with low CO2 emissions for up to 80,000 hectares, using only fossil-free electricity. LRF Ventures, Almi Invest, and EIT InnoEnergy have already invested in the company.
