Air Products, ACWA Power and NEOM to build green ammonia plant in KSA


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Air Products, in conjunction with ACWA Power and NEOM, has announced the signing of an agreement for a 5,000 M$ world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy.

Figure 1. NEOM will become one of the world’s leading centres for green hydrogen (taken from the press release of NEOM)

The project, which will be equally owned by the three partners, will be sited in NEOM (a new model for sustainable living located in the north west corner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and will produce green ammonia for export to global markets. The joint venture is the first partnership for NEOM with leading international and national partners in the renewable energy field and it will be a cornerstone for its strategy to become a major player in the global hydrogen market.

 It will include the innovative integration of:
- over 4 GW of renewable power from solar, wind and storage;
- production of 650 tons per day of hydrogen by electrolysis using thyssenkrupp technology;
- production of nitrogen by air separation using Air Products technology;
- production of 1.2 million tons per year of green ammonia using Haldor Topsoe technology.

Air Products will be the exclusive off-taker of the green ammonia and intends to transport it around the world to be dissociated to produce green hydrogen for the transportation market. The project is scheduled to be onstream in 2025.

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