ReleaseSharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 8 November 2022Today marks the start of the commissioning of the first phase of the green hydrogen plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, during an event at COP27 attended by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.The facility is the first integrated green hydrogen plant in Africa, and when fully developed will consist of 100 MW of electrolyzers, powered by 260 MW of solar and wind.The facility will deliver up to approximately 15,000 tons of green hydrogen as feedstock for production of up to 90,000 tons of green ammonia per year in Fertiglobe’s existing ammonia plants.The consortium is in the process of finalizing engineering and technology choices for the full-scale plant and the partners aim to reach Final Investment Decision (FID) on the facility in 2023.Currently testing the first and largest PEM…
Fertiglobe, Scatec, Orascom Construction and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt start commissioning of “Egypt Green”, Africa’s first integrated green hydrogen plant, during UN Climate summit
