Meed | Thyssenkrupp Nucera delivers 1GW electrolyser capacity to Neom

Thyssenkrupp Nucera delivers 1GW electrolyser capacity to Neom

17 December 2024

Thyssenkrupp Nucera, the electrolyser technology arm of the German industrial engineering firm, has delivered half of the more than 2,000MW of electrolyser capacity required by the $8.4bn Neom hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia.

MEED previously reported that construction work on the Neom green hydrogen project has reached 60% completion.

According to Thyssenkrupp Nucera, as of 30 September 2024, about half of the more than 2GW of capacity of standardised 20MW electrolyser modules had already been delivered to Neom.

"The smooth execution of such a large-scale project is possible thanks to the assembly of Thyssenkrupp Nucera’s standardised 20MW electrolysis modules Scalum on a quasi-lego principle.

"By the end of the reporting year, we had produced a total of around 1.5GW of installed capacity," the firm said in its 2023-24 fiscal year statement, where it highlighted a 73% increase in new orders for green hydrogen, as well as a €1bn ($1.05bn) order backlog.

MEED previously reported that work is ongoing across all three sites of the Neom green hydrogen project, including the wind, solar and green hydrogen production facilities.

US-headquartered industrial gases firm Air Products, Saudi utility developer Acwa Power and Public Investment Fund-backed Neom equally own Neom Green Hydrogen Company, which is implementing the scheme.

In addition to being the project’s co-owner; main engineering, procurement and construction contractor; and systems integrator, Air Products is also the exclusive offtaker for over 30 years for the green ammonia produced at the facility.

The integrated facility will produce hydrogen, which will be synthesised into carbon-free ammonia for exclusive export by Air Products to global markets.

The Neom green hydrogen project will require over 4GW of wind and solar power and 400MW of battery energy storage systems. A 190-kilometre electricity transmission grid will link these to a 2GW electrolysis plant in Neom’s Oxagon industrial city.

The plant will produce up to 600 tonnes of hydrogen daily, which will be converted into about 1.2 million tonnes of ammonia a year.

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Jennifer Aguinaldo