US-based Verdagy has selected EPC company Black & Veatch for a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for its 60 MW hydrogen plant in Texas. The FEED contract for Verdagy’s hydrogen plant will be completed by May 2025. This will pave way for a Financial Investment Decision (FID) two months later in July. When all is done with, Verdagy’s 60 MW hydrogen plant near the Gulf Coast in Texas will produce 9,000 tons of clean hydrogen annually.
Verdagy’s 60 MW hydrogen plant factsheet
Location: Near Gulf Coast, Texas
Utility: Hydrogen production
Developer: Verdagy
Cost: Pending FID
Production capacity: 60 MW (9,000 tons of hydrogen annually)
Current phase: Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study
FEED study contractor: Black & Veatch
FEED study due date: May 2025
Next phase: Financial Investment Decision (FID)
FID due date: July 2025
Facility electrolyzers: Verdagy’s eDynamic®
The pre-planning FEED process for Verdagy’s 60 MW hydrogen plant in Texas
The pre-planning process by Black & Veatch will encompass the project’s infrastructure development and execution. This will look at aspects to do with hydrogen storage, processing, and liquefaction processes.
Once complete in May, the FEED study will also form the basis for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts bidding. It will also serve as a design basis for Verdagy’s 60 MW hydrogen plant in Texas.
Boasting their diversified and long-run experience, Anand Pattani, VP and MD of Energy Majors in Black & Veatch, made the following statement. “We’ve worked on front-end engineering design, and complete engineering, procurement, and construction of hydrogen electrolysis projects across North America and we’re pleased to be selected for this study, we will utilize this expertise as we support Verdagy on this project […]”
What to expect of Verdagy’s hydrogen energy project
Verdagy President Rahul Bammi made clear the financial investment that the green energy project will bring to Texans. According to Rahul’s statement, more than $150 million will be channeled to the state by the project.
More business and employment opportunities will also be created by the green energy project. “[…] increase U.S. energy exports and create American jobs and be the precursor to over a gigawatt of upcoming projects in the state.” Rahul added.
Once operational, Verdagy’s manufacturing standards will remain unmatched from the use of their own electrolyzers. Designed to be dynamic in its operations, the electrolyzer will ensure grid resilience once connected to the ERCOT grid.
The large-scale alkaline electrolysis systems company also operates another hydrogen plant in Moss Landing, California.
