thyssenkrupp Takes on Pre-FEED for Spanish Hydrogen Project

thyssenkrupp Uhde has been hired to carry out pre-FEED (front-end engineering and design) work for a world-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production plant in Spain.

The pre-FEED study, awarded by UK-based renewables developer Hive Energy, aims to enhance the technical concept and kick start engineering activities for the ALBAMED I plant, billed as Europe’s largest green hydrogen hub.

ALBAMED I, located in Albacete in Spain’s southeast Castilla–La Mancha region, is expected to incorporate up to nine gigawatts of solar and wind energy and four gigawatts of electrolysis capacity by 2030 to produce more than one million tons of green hydrogen and ammonia per year.

thyssenkrupp Uhde, a unit of German industrial group thyssenkrupp, will base the pre-FEED study on its trademarked uhde ammonia synthesis technology, developed to tackle the “unique challenges of dynamic ammonia production,” it said.

“We at thyssenkrupp Uhde are making a significant contribution to the green transformation,” said Cord Landsmann, CEO of thyssenkrupp Uhde. “With our technologies and new partnerships like this one with Hive Energy Limited, we are building a sound business case for this groundbreaking green energy project. This marks another important step towards the sustainable and climate-friendly production of green ammonia.”

Hive Energy builds and operates large-scale renewable energy projects worldwide, with operations in more than 20 countries including Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, and the UK.

The company has already established the UK’s largest solar park and is currently developing more than 28 gigawatts of renewable energy projects globally.

“Hive’s mission is to implement sustainable and clean technologies to mitigate the impact of climate change,” said Shirvine Zhang, head of Hydrogen and Hybrid Energy at Hive. “We look forward to progressing this project (at Albacete) with world-class and equally climate-minded companies, like thyssenkrupp Uhde, to support the energy transition."


thyssenkrupp is a member of the Breakbulk Global Shipper Network, an extensive networking platform for executives operating at the top end of the project supply chain in sectors such as oil & gas, power, mining and minerals, construction, forestry, industrial manufacturing, and aerospace.

The next in-person meet-up for BGSN members will be at Breakbulk Middle East 2024, taking place on February 12-13 at the Dubai World Trade Center.

PHOTO CREDIT: thyssenkrupp.