Construction is nearing completion on the world’s largest green hydrogen facility in the Saudi desert, with work accelerating as the year draws to a close.
Satellite imagery shows the Green Hydrogen Plant complex expanded since construction formally began in early 2023.
The plant is located at Oxagon, Neom’s massive industrial port complex on the Red Sea, designed to integrate renewable energy production with global logistics and industrial operations.
Why It Matters
The plant aims to advance Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 by diversifying the economy and positioning the kingdom as a leader in renewable energy, within the same $500‑billion‑plus ultra‑modern Neom project that also showcases luxury tourism.
The project highlights efforts to stay on schedule amid a broader slowdown and reassessment of the kingdom’s flagship giga‑project. Neom’s centerpiece, The Line, has seen its scope and timelines revised—only a short segment is going ahead with strategic reviews underway and plans scaled back from earlier ambitions.
What To Know
The $8.4 billion project is a joint venture between Neom, U.S.-based industrial gases company Air Products, and Saudi renewable energy firm ACWA Power, which is backed by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund.
“The project remains on course, with construction 90% complete,” aiming to supply carbon‑free hydrogen globally to help decarbonize hard‑to‑abate industries,” Neom’s Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) said this week.
The facility spans over 300 square kilometers (about 116 square miles), with wind and solar sites, the transmission grid completed, and key equipment installed, according to the company. This rapid development aims to begin producing green hydrogen, a carbon‑free alternative to fossil fuels.
What People Are Saying
Neom’s Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) wrote on LinkedIn: “As a global first mover, we are building the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, a blueprint for low‑cost, large‑scale green hydrogen production. From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company is accelerating the global energy transition in alignment with Vision 2030 and the Saudi Green Initiative.”
Neom Deputy CEO Rayan Fayez, said in October at the annual Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh: “[Neom] a multi-generational visionary project with a mandate to create a blueprint for what sustainable cities and economic development for the future looks like. It’s not just a real estate project.”
What Happens Next
The 4 GW plant is scheduled for completion by mid-2026. The plant aims at producing up to 600 tonnes of carbon-free hydrogen per day.
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