Air Products awarded thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers a contract to supply a more than 2-GW electrolysis plant for one of the world's largest green hydrogen projects at NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

Under this contract, thyssenkrupp will engineer, procure and fabricate the plant based on their large-scale 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis module. Upon commissioning, the project partners ― NEOM, ACWA Power and Air Products ("NEOM Green Hydrogen Company") ― will operate the facility, which will produce hydrogen to be synthesized into carbon-free ammonia for export exclusively by Air Products to global markets. Engineering and procurement activities have been initiated, and the start of production is scheduled for 2026. 

Strong partnership with strong sustainability lever 

In July 2020, Air Products, together with ACWA Power and NEOM, announced the signing of an agreement for world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy. thyssenkrupp was selected by its strategic partner Air Products early in the project as technology supplier and has worked intensively on early engineering and project development. The signing of the project contract is a key milestone of both companies' joint effort over the past year to use their complementary technology, engineering and project execution strengths to develop green hydrogen production facilities. The realization of the project leverages thyssenkrupp's large-scale technology supporting Air Products' development of green hydrogen for sustainable transportation, chemicals and power generation.

"This project milestone with thyssenkrupp furthers our strong progress at NEOM to deliver carbon-free hydrogen on a massive scale in the kingdom and for the world," said Dr. Samir J. Serhan, COO at Air Products. "The development and execution of this innovative megaproject is one of many required to drive a successful energy transition, 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 project is the kickoff to become a frontrunner in the green hydrogen economy."