Recently, the last section of power transmission cables was lifted into place in Oxagon Industrial City on the Red Sea. Just six months ago, the blades of the Far East Energy wind turbine from Shanghai, China were just unloaded from the ship and transported along the desert road to the Wind Garden wind farm of NEOM Green Hydrogen Company NGHC; By November 2026, Goldwind Technology has won a total of 3GW onshore wind turbine orders for Saudi Arabia's PIF Wave 5, and a 10MW hybrid tower wind turbine specially designed for high-temperature sand and dust will be installed on the ground of Shaqra and Starah; In the same month, Hygreen Energy, a subsidiary of China Electronics Fengye, joined forces with the Saudi Green Electrode Industry Consortium to establish the first localized electrolytic cell factory in the Middle East in Dammam, Eastern Province.

An energy revolution under the name of green hydrogen is silently embedding China's wind power, photovoltaic, and hydrogen production equipment into Saudi Arabia's future hydrogen export channel to Europe - this is not diplomatic rhetoric, but a rotating industrial gear.

The fan has already been installed

The NGHC project is equipped with 1.8GW of wind energy, and more than 250 Far East Energy wind turbines have been delivered and installed, becoming the core power side equipment of the world's largest green hydrogen plant. 

Following closely behind, the Wave 5 wind turbine was supplied with approximately 300 GWH204-10MW hybrid tower units by Goldwind Technology, which are resistant to high temperatures, sand and dust, and suitable for desert geology. They faced European and American competitors such as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa and won the 3GW general contract. As a result, Chinese wind turbines have moved from supporting facilities to Saudi Arabia's national level green power backbone, and the power generation side's discourse power has preliminarily taken shape.

The electrolytic cell is rooted locally

The electrolytic cell is the most valuable and thick barrier heart equipment in the green hydrogen chain.

In November 2025, Hygreen and Saudi GECI jointly established the Middle East Electrolytic Cell Company, which manufactures alkaline, PEM, and AEM products locally in Dammam, directly serving projects in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, and North Africa, in compliance with local content policies.

At the same time, Chinese companies such as Longi Hydrogen Energy, Sunac Power, and CSIC 718 have embedded chips in the 2027-2029 procurement window for the next Yanbu Phase II - estimated 4GW electrolytic cells and 2.4 million tons of green ammonia - with single kilowatt quotations and GW level production capacity that are less than half of those in the West.

Blank spaces and materials on the chain

Currently, photovoltaic modules, wind turbines, inverters, and energy storage are led by China; Rapid entry of electrolytic cell; But ammonia synthesis reactors and high-end ammonia compressors are still locked in by European and American veterans. On the material side, high-pressure hydrogen pipes require 316L austenitic stainless steel or ASTM A333 low-alloy steel to resist hydrogen embrittlement; Low temperature carbon steel with insulation layer is used for liquid ammonia storage tanks; The Goldwind 3GW tower has a total of approximately 150000 tons of S355J2H high-strength plates that can be locally welded to increase the content; The electrolytic cell requires thousands of tons of ultrapure water per day, and the reverse osmosis membrane and PVDF pipeline provide an inlet for domestic water treatment plants. The complete green hydrogen infrastructure, China has grasped both the power generation and hydrogen production ends, and the synthesis side has overcome challenges and special material certification, which are the cards to be filled in the next stage. Keywords: New energy news and information, green hydrogen

When the wind turbine of NEOM rotates, the desert steel tower stands tall, and the Daman electrolytic cell production line is laid out, China's energy equipment is no longer sold as a single point, but as an integrated base that packages photovoltaics, fans, rectifier power supplies, and alkaline cells. In the the Belt and Road industrial cooperation, the deepest moat is the machine that has been installed, connected to the power grid, and running current.Editor/Gao Xue