Nitrogen+Syngas 397 Sep-Oct 2025
16 September 2025
Contract awarded for large scale green ammonia plant
Saudi power group ACWA Power has awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to a consortium of Spanish engineering firm Tecnicas Reunidas and Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering for the development of a large green hydrogen and ammonia project in Yanbu. The project would include 4 GW of electrolysis capacity, enabling the production of 400,000 t/a of green hydrogen, which will then be converted into green ammonia for export. The plant’s scope also includes water desalination infrastructure and an export terminal to support global distribution, though renewable generation assets are excluded from the current design phase.
Following the completion of the FEED contract, expected to take 10 months, the Técnicas Reunidas-Sinopec consortium is expected to present an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) proposal. Final commissioning is currently planned for 2030.
