The 300km2 site in Oxagon, Neom’s port city, has seen wind turbines, hydrogen storage vessels, electrolysers, solar panels, and transmission infrastructure installed, as the developers aim to begin green ammonia production in 2027.
The milestone reflects progress across all of the development’s sites, from the 1.6GW wind garden and 2.2GW solar farm, to the 2.2GW electrolysis facility ,and dedicated export infrastructure.
Neom Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) – the joint venture between Air Products, Neom, and Acwa Power behind the project – said the development remains on track with solar and wind generation expected by mid-2026.
The footage and images show large ammonia storage containers, a vessel docking beside the site, rows of towering wind turbines, fields of solar panels, and vast halls of electrolyser stacks.
Once operational, the plant will be the world’s largest green hydrogen facility. It is expected to produce up to 600 tonnes per day, converted into ammonia for transport.
Air Products – serving as EPC contractor, operator, and sole offtaker – will initially sell this ammonia free-on-board from the site. Direct ammonia sales mark a shift from the original plan to supply hydrogen customers from day one.
From 2030, Air Products will begin delivering hydrogen to TotalEnergies in Europe, under a 15-year deal covering 70,000 tonnes annually for use in its refineries. This offtake, however, accounts for less than half of the plant’s total output.
The new sales strategy reflects Air Products’ new management seeking to curb early losses on the $8.4bn project by prioritising near-term ammonia exports.
Neom: Green hydrogen’s north star or mirage in the desert?
Right now, green hydrogen doesn’t get larger than NEOM’s 2.2GW project in Oxagon – the industrial city located in the south of Saudi Arabia’s Project 2030 crown jewel development.
As with everything NEOM, the hydrogen development is bold, ambitious and inspiring. And for a hydrogen industry now licking its wounds from a year of strife, many will look to the development as a guiding light; a path forward; and proof that large-scale green hydrogen can become a reality.
Even the joint venture behind the project oozes ambition: NEOM – wholly owned by Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund; ACWA Power – the $94bn Saudi-headquartered power generator; and Air Products – the US industrial gas heavyweight…
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