Air Products has placed an order with thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers to supply an electrolysis system with an output of more than two gigawatts (2 GW) for one of the world's largest projects for the production of green hydrogen in NEOM in Saudi Arabia. As part of this contract, thyssenkrupp will develop, procure and manufacture the system based on its 20 megawatt (MW) module for alkaline water electrolysis. After commissioning, the project partners - NEOM, ACWA Power and Air Products ("NEOM Green Hydrogen Company") - will operate the system. The hydrogen produced is synthesized into climate-neutral ammonia, which Air Products exports to the global market exclusively. Planning and procurement work has already been initiated and commissioning is scheduled for 2026.

 

In July 2020, Air Products, together with ACWA Power and NEOM, announced the signing of an agreement for a plant to produce green hydrogen-based ammonia on a global scale using renewable energy. thyssenkrupp was selected as a technology supplier by its strategic partner Air Products early on in the project and has worked intensively on early engineering and project development. The signing of the project contract is an important milestone in the joint efforts of the two companies in the past year to use their complementary strengths in the areas of technology, engineering and project management for the development of green hydrogen production plants. Large-scale technology from thyssenkrupp plays a key role in the project,

 

Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Chief Operating Officer at Air Products, said, “This project milestone with thyssenkrupp underscores our strong progress with NEOM to bring carbon-free hydrogen to the world on a large scale. The development and execution of this innovative mega-project is one of many that are required for a successful energy transition. We look forward to developing, building, owning and operating more facilities to help meet the world's great energy and environmental challenges. This project is the starting shot to take on a pioneering role in the green hydrogen economy."

 

“As a world market leader in electrolysis, we bring two decisive factors to bear in order to realize such gigawatt projects: With our large standard module size and our annual gigawatt cell production capacity, we are, together with our joint venture partner De Nora, already able to carry out projects in the to realize industrial scale,” says Denis Krude, CEO of thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers. “With this mega project, we are also aiming to invest in the further expansion of our production capacities. In addition, we want to position ourselves locally, because only with consistent localization can we provide tailor-made service solutions over the entire life cycle of the system and support our strategic partner in his vision.