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Energy transition news from the Middle East: hydrogen and ammonia megaprojects, solar, storage and energy policy.
Jordan is moving forward with plans for a large scale green hydrogen project that could produce 200,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually, as the country seeks to establish a role in the emerging clean fuels market.
Oman’s green hydrogen sector is moving from strategy development toward large scale industrial deployment, with India based ACME Group committing approximately $4.2 billion to expand its green hydrogen and green ammonia project in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.
Middle East Disruptions Expose Hydrogen Supply Chain Risks as Low Emissions Hydrogen Struggles to Scale
The global hydrogen market exceeded 100 million tonnes in 2025, yet the sector’s vulnerability became increasingly visible as disruptions in the Middle East affected fertilizer, chemicals and refined product supply chains.
A new cooperation agreement between Ohmium International and Hynfra aims to advance green hydrogen and green ammonia projects across Mauritania, Jordan, and Oman, targeting both domestic energy resilience and international fuel markets.
In the United Arab Emirates, Innovation Platform Capital (iPC) and Intelligent Investment Holding (IIH) have announced a strategic joint venture to develop a large scale green hydrogen production platform aimed at supplying domestic industries while creating future export opportunities.
Saudi Arabia’s battery storage market is entering a new phase of industrial development as Chinese energy storage manufacturer ZOE Energy Storage moves to establish a large-scale battery energy storage system manufacturing facility in the kingdom.
Oman is intensifying efforts to position itself as a long distance supplier of green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives to European markets through a proposed export corridor linking the sultanate with the Netherlands.
Saudi Arabian Refineries Company, known as SARCO, has signed a non binding memorandum of understanding with China’s Ally Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd. to jointly develop a green ammonia production plant alongside a manufacturing and assembly hub for hydrogen production and purification equipment.
Jordan has moved deeper into the global hydrogen export race with a $1 billion agreement for a green ammonia facility in Aqaba, adding another large scale project to a region increasingly positioning itself as a low cost supplier to European and Asian markets.
Oman’s hydrogen ambitions are increasingly shifting from export-led projects toward domestic integration, as the Nama Power and Water Procurement Company launches a tender to assess a hydrogen-fueled power plant with a capacity of up to 1 gigawatt.
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