Nitricity: $10 million electric fertilizer facility in California

New investment to scale lab concept 100-fold

Click to learn more. Visualization of Nitricity’s new fertilizer facility in California, which will produce nitrogen-based fertilizers using agricultural byproducts, air, water and electricity. Source: Nitricity.

California-based Nitricity has announced plans to construct its first production facility, with operations to start in 2026. Binding offtake from local agricultural producers has already sold out production capacity through to 2028. The facility will feature a 100-fold scale-up of its production process, which utilizes agricultural byproducts, air, water and electricity to a nitrogen fertilizer solution.

We are proud to scale up our manufacturing capacity of a product that creates value for California growers — made locally with local ingredients. In a market where most nitrogen is imported, our solution onshores production to deliver exactly what growers have been asking for: a sustainable, organic alternative that strengthens farmers’ bottom lines and benefits our community and environment.

Nicolas Pinkowski, CEO of Nitricity, in his organisation’s official press release, 4 Mar 2025

Nitricity’s facility proves sustainable fertilizer can be produced at scale while providing local economic benefits. Building on our initial investment in 2022, which supported the construction of their Fremont facility and successful field trials in the Central Valley, we’re confident they’re ready for this next frontier. There’s clear market demand that will position them for future commercial financing.

Danya Hakeem, VP of Portfolio at Elemental Impact in Nitricity’s official press release, 4 Mar 2025

Nitricity’s electricity-derived fertilizer has already been tested across a number of commercial crops, including almonds, spinach and lettuce. In October 2022, Nitricity closed a successful, $20 million Series A fund round, with seed investment secured late in 2021.