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REGIONAL REPORT: MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Saudi Arabia leads with Neom. Saudi Arabia's planned
" smart city " of Neom-a $500-B initiative in the northwest
of the country (OPENING PHOTO)-will include a $5-B green
H2
project to produce feedstock for green ammonia that will
be exported to global markets. The Neom Helios project, involving
Air Products, Acwa Power and Neom, reportedly will
be the world's largest green H2
-based ammonia production
facility.
The H2
wind and storage to produce 650 metric tpd of H2
plant will use 4 GW of renewable power from solar,
from a thyssenkrupp-supplied
electrolyzer. The project, which is scheduled
to come onstream in 2025, will produce around 1.2 metric
MMtpy of green ammonia. Air Products will be the exclusive
offtaker for the ammonia, which will be used to produce green
H2
emissions.
production of H2
for energy storage, was developed by the
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Siemens
Energy (FIG. 2). Dubai also aims to make all of its public transport
emissions-free by 2050, which will encourage the use of
H2
-powered FCEVs.
Furthermore, a $1-B green ammonia facility in Khalifa Industrial
Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) will start production in
Q2 2024, with exports from Khalifa Port targeted mainly to
Europe and the U.S. A second, $1-B green ammonia plant at
KIZAD will be powered by solar energy and supply ammonia
for bunker fuel and for export via gas carrier.
In Sharjah, Bee'ah is evaluating plans for a waste-to-H2
for electricity or transportation. The project will also offset
approximately 3 metric MMtpy of CO2
Saudi Aramco also sent the world's first shipment of blue
ammonia to Japan in September 2020 for emissions-free
power production. Furthermore, the company has signed an
MOU with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide
liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to convert to blue H2
. Aramco
signed another MOU with Japan's largest refiner, Eneos
Corp., to study the development of a CO2
-free H2
utilization and storage (CCUS).
UAE in blue ammonia, green H2
heavily on blue H2
and ammonia, as well as carbon capture,
and ammonia
supply chain. Aramco is also cooperating with China on
research for blue H2
. Abu Dhabi is focusing
it is also examining options for producing green H2
efforts over the medium term, although
. For example,
state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has
signed agreements with domestic renewables firm Masdar and
UK-based energy giant bp to develop 2 GW of low-carbon H2
across hubs in the UK and UAE, with plans to expand as the
project progresses.
ADNOC has also partnered with OCI-owned Fertiglobe
for a large-scale blue ammonia project at its Ruwais facility
(FIG. 1). The project will produce 1,000 metric tpy of ammonia
for export to Asia upon startup in 2025. ADNOC sold its
first cargo of blue ammonia from its Ruwais plant to Japan's
Itochu in August 2021 for use in fertilizer production, and has
since sold additional cargoes to other Japanese buyers. Similarly,
ADNOC is working with South Korea's GS Energy to
develop value chains for blue H2
ADNOC is also part of an H2
and blue ammonia.
alliance with state entities
Mubadala Investment Co. and ADQ to develop significant
green and blue H2
production capacities in the UAE. Mubadala
owns Masdar, which is advancing plans for a solar-powered
green H2
carbon-neutral Masdar City, as well as aircraft used by Etihad
and Lufthansa. A second phase of the project, which is being
developed by Siemens Energy and Marubeni, will examine the
use of green H2
is also working to develop a renewables and H2
with Malaysia's Petronas.
In May 2021, Dubai commissioned its first green H2
plant
at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a vast
energy park slated to have a capacity of 5,000 MW by 2030.
The H2
pilot project, which will demonstrate solar-powered
FIG. 1. ADNOC's Ruwais ammonia plant. Photo: ADNOC.
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in the maritime and shipping sectors. Masdar
value chain
demonstration project to power fuel cell buses in
project with UK-based Chinook Sciences. The project would
include a production facility and an FCEV refueling station.
The UAE is also producing green steel, using H2
from Abu
Dhabi National Energy Co. Additionally, as per an agreement
signed in July 2021, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC)
and France's EDF Energy will explore the production of pink
H2
, powered by nuclear energy.
Oman goes green. The country aims to establish a green
ammonia facility with a capacity of up to 1.3 GW. Uniper and
OQ Alternative Energy are developing the Hyport Duqm
project, which will have an initial capacity of 250 MW-500
MW, in Oman's Duqm Free Zone. The green ammonia will be
converted into H2
for use in Germany.
Oman also plans to expand its own renewable energy sector
by adding 11% clean energy to its power mix by 2023 and
expanding this to 30% by 2030.
Egypt, Jordan investigate clean H2
. Linking the Middle
East with North Africa, Egypt is exploring its potential for
H2
development with the help of foreign players. Siemens
-based
Energy signed an MOU with Egyptian Electricity Holding
Co. (EEHC) in August 2021 to scale up a green H2
industry in Egypt. Initially, the two companies will pursue
the development of an electrolyzer pilot project comprising
100 MW-200 MW of capacity.
Also, Italy's Eni signed an agreement with EEHC in July
2021 to develop green and blue H2
energy and depleted gas fields to store CO2
conventional H2
tential domestic consumption of H2
in Egypt, using renewable
produced from
production. The study will also analyze poand
opportunities for
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