Swedish green tech company Cinis Fertilizer, Lund, has signed an agreement with E.ON Energidistribution for a power connection to the company’s first planned production facility for environmentally friendly sulfate of potash (SOP).
The connection agreement secures Cinis Fertilizer’s estimated need for 7MW of electricity. The facility in Köpmanholmen will be powered by fossil-free electricity, and the company said it will be the first in the world to produce a circular mineral fertilizer from waste products from pulp mills and electric car battery production.
“Our entire business idea is based on environmentally friendly mineral fertilizer production without emissions,” said Jakob Liedberg, Cinis CEO and Founder. “Access to fossil-free electricity is an important piece of the puzzle to achieve this, and we look forward to collaborating with E.ON in the continued work to establish our first production facility in Köpmanholmen.”
The power connection is to be completed well before the commissioning of the production facility, which is expected to take place during the second half of 2023. Cinis told Green Markets the first plant is expected to produce 100,000 mt/y of SOP. A second plant, expected up in mid-2025, would produce 200,000 mt/y.