Dutch specialty fertilizer maker Van Iperen International on Sept. 8 announced plans to scale up its GreenSwitch Nitrate factory in the Netherlands.
The facility, located at the Agro Energie Hardenberg biogas factory, produces liquid potassium nitrate fertilizer. The company said the product has close to a zero carbon footprint and the process upcycles the nitrogen from manure into a crystal-clear nitrate fertilizer. GreenSwitch Original is a 2-0-7 formulation for high-tech greenhouse and open field fertigation.
Operations at the plant began in 2021 and Van Iperen expects the expansion to be completed in 2024. The company said the capacity will be increased by the installation of a second bioreactor from Pure Green Agriculture. With the new step, Van Iperen expects to broaden its sustainable offerings by starting to produce nitric acid.
Van Iperen said the expansion is supported by a Demonstration Energy and Climate Innovation (DEI+) subsidy, which is a program of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.