thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers has been won a contract by Air Products to deliver a more than two-gigawatt (2 GW) electrolysis plant for one of the world’s biggest green hydrogen projects, NEOM in Saudi Arabia.
The facility will be designed, procured, and built by thyssenkrupp using their large-scale 20 megawatt (MW) alkaline water electrolysis module. After commissioning, the project partners NEOM, ACWA Power, and Air Products (“NEOM Green Hydrogen Company”) will run the plant, which will produce hydrogen that will be synthesized into carbon-free ammonia for export to worldwide markets solely by Air Products. Engineering and procurement efforts have begun, and manufacturing is expected to begin in 2026.
In July 2020, Air Products announced the signing of an agreement with ACWA Power and NEOM for a world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia manufacturing facility driven by renewable energy. thyssenkrupp was chosen as a technology provider early in the project by its key partner Air Products, and has engaged extensively on early engineering and project development. The signing of the project contract represents a significant step forward in both firms’ cooperative endeavor over the last year to establish green hydrogen production facilities by combining their complementary technical, engineering, and project execution skills. The project is being realized with the help of thyssenkrupp’s large-scale technology, which is assisting Air Products in the development of green hydrogen for sustainable transportation, chemicals, and power generation.
Air Products’ Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Samir J. Serhan, says: “This project milestone with thyssenkrupp adds to NEOM’s significant success in delivering carbon-free hydrogen on a large scale in the Kingdom and throughout the world. We look forward to continuing to develop, build, own, and operate facilities that help address the world’s significant energy and environmental challenges, and we look forward to continuing to develop, build, own, and operate facilities that help address the world’s significant energy and environmental challenges. This initiative is the beginning of a journey to become a leader in the green hydrogen economy.”
“As the world market leader in electrolysis, we bring two decisive factors to realize such gigawatt projects: with our large-scale standard module size and gigawatt cell manufacturing capacity per year, we are able to deliver large capacity projects today,” says Denis Krude, CEO of thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers. “We are dedicated to investing in further scaling up our production facilities as a result of this gigawatt project. We also aspire for a strong local setup, which is critical for offering tailored service solutions over the full plant life-cycle and enabling our strategic partner to achieve their goal of being a worldwide decarbonization leader.”
