Greenhill Energy Media Release
South Australia manufacturing facility set to reverse the trend of Australia’s heavy reliance on other countries for urea fertliser
Greenhill Energy’s proposed Riverbend Energy Hub is set to reverse Australia’s heavy reliance on other countries for urea fertiliser, while also increasing national food security and further ‘greening’ the primary industry sector.
The proposed urea manufacturing facility at Tailem Bend in South Australia’s Murraylands is set to become Australia’s first full integrated processing facility to convert landfill waste and sustainable biomass into high value products such as urea fertiliser and synthetic fuels, and into low-cost clean hydrogen for use in emission free power and transport.
The company has several MOUs in place with high calibre partners such as Elders, Solo Resource Recovery and Peats Soil and Garden Supplies to see the diversion of biomass and landfill waste into its proposed processing facility from 2025.
Greenhill Energy Executive Managing Director Nicholas Mumford said they also aim to support local farmers with their fertiliser needs, helping to increase domestic food security and as a practical circular economy demonstration of re-purposing biomass and landfill waste.
“Australia presently imports 100% of its urea needs, exposing domestic users to volatile and high-cost international pricing,” he said. “We know our lack of sovereign capacity and resilience worries many people on the land. We aim to provide domestic supply certainty and place downward pressure on the cost of local food production.