Nikola to sell Phoenix Hydrogen Hub to Fortescue Future Industries

Nikola and Fortescue Future Industries, or FFI, announced FFI will acquire Nikola’s Phoenix Hydrogen Hub, or PHH, project. FFI will bring the capital and resources required to fully develop the project and the parties are working towards a hydrogen supply agreement to support Nikola’s Class 8 zero-emission trucks. The PHH is a fast-to-market, green hydrogen project located near Phoenix, in the city of Buckeye, Arizona, and is expected to be built in phases to scale alongside demand. The project is expected to progress towards its first hydrogen production by the middle of this decade. PHH marks the first project announced as part of the memorandum of understanding signed in January between the two companies to collaborate on and evaluate the co-development of large-scale U.S. green hydrogen production facilities. FFI and Nikola are working towards a hydrogen supply agreement to support Nikola’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle demand. The large-scale deployment of hydrogen as a zero-emission fuel into the transportation sector, is expected to benefit from both the hydrogen tax credit in the federal Inflation Reduction Act and state level incentives such as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard in California. The PHH project is currently going through the final stages of its permitting process, and the procurement of long-lead equipment is well underway.