Pakistan’s 400MW green hydrogen project moves to design phase

Feasibility studies on project architecture have been completed, while others have been commissioned into integrating wind and solar power.

The project is being developed by Oracle Power subsidiary Oracle Energy, a joint venture with Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum. 

Oracle published an update on the project after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Electric Power and Technology Co (CET), a subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of China in Pakistan. 

The company has also signed an MoU with PetroChina International (Middle East) Company Limited for offtake of the green hydrogen and carbon credits produced by the project. 

PetroChina International has experience in global oil trading and is keen “to explore and develop its business through new energy sources such as green hydrogen”, according to Oracle.

Oracle said bankable feasibility studies were advancing for the 1.2GW hybrid power, grid interconnection and storage architecture.  The studies will feed into green hydrogen and green ammonia studies now being carried out by Thyssenkrupp.

CET is funding a study it commissioned from the Shanghai Investigation Design & Research Institute to conduct power studies and establish the feasibility of integrating solar and wind energy in the project.

The project is expected to be powered by 700MW of solar and 500MW of wind. 

The study – which will analyse the project’s resources, design the hybrid system, evaluate grid integration, conduct economic analysis, assess environmental impacts, manage risks and engage stakeholders – will be completed later this year. 

Fully commissioned, the facility would produce an estimated 150t/d of hydrogen.  

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