The group of companies building a 100-MW green hydrogen production facility in Egypt today, at COP27, announced the start of commissioning of the project’s first phase.
The Egypt Green project in Ain Sokhna, close to the Suez Canal Economic Zone, is a partnership between ammonia producer Fertiglobe plc, Norwegian renewables developer Scatec ASA (OSL:SCATC), The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Orascom Construction. Its initial phase involved the installation of the first and largest polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser in Africa, which is currently undergoing tests.
The consortium is now concluding certain engineering and technology choices in relation to the full-scale plant of 100 MW and expects to reach a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project in 2023. Once fully realised, the electrolysers at the site will use 260 MW of solar and wind power to produce some 15,000 tonnes of green hydrogen.
Fertiglobe, which is jointly owned by OCI NV (AMS:OCI) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has two existing ammonia plants in Ain Sokhna. They will use the hydrogen generated by Egypt Green to produce up to 90,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year.
The partners announced the project in October 2021, saying that it is the first step towards developing a green hydrogen hub in Egypt. The following month, Plug Power Inc announced it is providing the PEM electrolysers for the project. Orascom Construction is handling the building works.
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