Statera Energy's plans to produce green hydrogen in Kintore puts the Aberdeenshire town in the same league as Saudi Arabia's Neom and the Port of Rotterdam, it has been claimed.
“This collaboration is more than just a stepping stone – it is a leap towards a new horizon."
Air Products is also working on receiving facilities in Europe. In November 2022 it set out plans, with Mabanaft, to build a green ammonia import facility in Hamburg. This project should start up in 2026.
Alongside offshore oil, gas, wind and hydrogen, the North Sea could play host to space-based solar collectors under plans proposed by a UK technology developer.
Air Products and Mabanaft have set out a plan to build Germany’s first large green ammonia import terminal, at the Port of Hamburg.
The Middle East’s oil and gas has put the region at the heart of the energy sector the last 100 years. These resources, plus plentiful sunshine, will see it continue to play a major role into the energy transition – but there will be bumps along the way.
Neom has signed an agreement to begin construction of a 1.2 million tonne per year green hydrogen facility in Saudi Arabia, the largest in the world.
Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers has won work from Air Products to provide a 2 GW electrolysis unit to produce green hydrogen in Saudi Arabia.
Air Products has signed a deal with ACWA Power and Neom on the construction of a green hydrogen-ammonia facility in northwest Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced plans for a new £380 billion city to be built to run entirely on alternative energy and be an innovation hub for the future.