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Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power has awarded a consortium of Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas and China's Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering a convertible front-end engineering design (feed) contract for its Yanbu Green Hydrogen Project.

The feed contract, which is set to last for 10 months, will focus on the design of a facility capable of producing 400,000 tonnes a year of green hydrogen. This hydrogen will subsequently be converted into green ammonia through multiple ammonia synthesis loops.

Following the completion of the feed phase, the joint venture will submit an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) proposal for the multibillion-dollar facility, which is expected to commence commercial operations by 2030.

Tecnicas Reunidas has been involved in the project since its pre-feed stages, while Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering's participation continues from a memorandum of understanding signed with Acwa Power in 2024.

Located in Yanbu Industrial City, the Yanbu Green Hydrogen Project aims to harness 5 GW each of wind and solar power, along with a 400km transmission line and up to 4.4GW of electrolysers. The green hydrogen produced will be converted into 2.5 million tonnes of green ammonia for export to international markets.