Saudi Arabia plans to build the Neom smart city in Tabuk province
Thyssenkrupp to supply 2GW electrolyser capacity to Neom
Contract award keeps Saudi Arabia’s world-leading green ammonia project on track for 2026 startup
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers has signed a contract to supply more than 2GW of electrolyser capacity to the world’s largest green ammonia project at the Neom smart city in northwest Saudi Arabia. The $5bn project—which will produce 1.2mn t/yr of green ammonia—is due for commissioning in 2026. Under the contract, awarded by US industrial gases and chemicals company Air Products, Thyssenkrupp will engineer, procure and fabricate the plant, which will be based on the its 20MW alkaline water electrolysis module. Engineering and procurement activities have been started. “With our large-scale standard module size and gigawatt cell-manufacturing capacity per year, together with ou
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