Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power has appointed a consortium of Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas and China’s Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) services for its Yanbu Green Hydrogen Project—a facility aiming to produce 400,000 tones of green hydrogen annually by 2030.
The FEED phase, set to last 10 months, will inform a subsequent proposal for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the project. The facility is designed to convert the produced hydrogen into green ammonia via multiple synthesis loops, targeting export to global markets. Once operational, the plant is expected to deliver 2.5 million tones of green ammonia per year—positioning Saudi Arabia as a major player in the global ammonia trade driven by decarbonization mandates.
With commissioning targeted for 2030, the project in Yanbu Industrial City will be powered by 5 GW each of solar and wind energy, linked via a 400 km transmission corridor. Electrolysis capacity will reach up to 4.4 GW, aligning with a broader regional push toward scaling up green hydrogen infrastructure for hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy industry, shipping, and chemicals.
Acwa Power’s CEO, Marco Arcelli, called the FEED appointment a signal of the project’s development momentum and its role in underpinning the Kingdom’s energy diversification plans.
This announcement follows Acwa Power’s memorandum of understanding signed with Sinopec in 2024, formalizing strategic cooperation between the companies. Técnicas Reunidas, for its part, has already participated in pre-FEED phases, lending continuity and familiarity to the next stage of project design. Eduardo San Miguel, CEO of Técnicas Reunidas, noted the strategic significance of the project, highlighting its role in reinforcing Saudi-European energy collaboration and deepening the firm’s footprint in energy transition infrastructure.
The project serves as a bellwether for the maturity of Saudi Arabia’s hydrogen ambitions. As the Kingdom seeks to capture a significant share of the projected $700 billion global hydrogen market by 2050, projects like Yanbu will test both the commercial feasibility and geopolitical reach of Gulf-based hydrogen exports.
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