09/07/2026
More than ever, collaboration is key for rural community strength, and Hiringa Energy x Sundown Pastoral Company enjoy a powerhouse partnership, quite literally.
Together, Hiringa Energy and Sundown Pastoral Company are developing Australia's first renewable fertiliser plant through their Good Earth, Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA) project - an integrated solar energy to low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia operation at Wathagar Gin.
GEGHA will produce up to 4,500 tonnes of low-carbon ammonia annually, displacing imported fossil fuel-based nitrogen fertilisers and bolstering regional agriculture resilience by creating a local production facility. GEGHA fertiliser will be used by Sundown to support production of its traceable Good Earth Cotton, with excess supply also available for other regional growers.
In addition to ammonia production, the facility will supply ~224 tonnes of green hydrogen per annum for direct use, both in emissions-free transport as part of Hiringa’s heavy-vehicle refuelling network, as well as on-farm to displace diesel in irrigation pumping, further decarbonising the agricultural supply chain from paddock-to-port.
This blue sky thinking from the heart of big sky country is the sort of vision we love, again demonstrating the strength of Moree's agricultural and natural capital advantage.
Hiringa Energy and Sundown Pastoral's community collaboration is equally considered, and we're so thrilled to have had them on board this year as Dinner Plate sponsors of Moree on a Plate.
Thank you Hiringa and Sundown for your investment in our community, our rural industries, and the ongoing sustainability and security of cotton production - you're setting the global bar from right here in Moree, and it makes us all very proud.