Intro:

In a significant move for e-fuel infrastructure, HIF Global has selected Electric Hydrogen’s advanced American-built electrolyzers to deploy in its monumental 1.8 GW e-Methanol project in Texas. This selection marks a pivotal moment in the large-scale deployment of clean hydrogen and e-fuel — combining U.S. electrochemical innovation, modular design, and industrial-scale ambition.

Project Scale & Strategic Implications

The HIF Matagorda facility is projected to generate approximately 1.4 million tonnes of e-methanol annually by combining modular hydrogen production with captured CO₂. Initially intended to source electrolysers from Siemens Energy, HIF pivoted to Electric Hydrogen’s PEM-based systems, citing cost, speed, and integration advantages.

Electric Hydrogen’s stacks will be manufactured in Massachusetts, while the rest of the plant’s components will be built in Texas — reinforcing U.S.-based supply chains and aligning with clean-energy industrial objectives. The modular architecture is expected to reduce capital cost and compress construction timelines, supporting HIF’s vision of scalable, competitive e-fuel infrastructure. 

This technology decision signals more than just engineering: it positions HIF’s project as a benchmark for U.S. leadership in the clean fuels sector — marrying scale, domestic manufacturing, and carbon-based fuel substitution ambition.

E-fuels maker HIF Global has selected Electric Hydrogen’s PEM electrolyser plants for its 1.8 GW e-methanol project in Texas, US, replacing an earlier selection of Siemens Energy systems.

The $7 billion HIF Matagorda project is slated to be one of the largest e-fuel plants in the world, producing 1.4 million tonnes of e-methanol per year by combining green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.

Electric Hydrogen will supply its standardised electrolyser plants, which range from 75MW to 100MW, to the facility in South Texas, delivering what the firms promise will be low costs and short construction timelines.

The plants contain stacks and all balance of plant equipment, which Electric Hydrogen claims can reduce hydrogen project capital costs by up to 60%.

This new agreement overrides an original electrolyser supply agreement from 2023 with Siemens Energy. HIF informed H2 View that it no longer anticipates the German OEM’s technology playing a role in the initial phase of its US production.

A spokesperson said Electric Hydrogen’s system-wide efficiencies and ability to produce hydrogen at “optimum pressure” for e-methane production could reduce its capital costs compared to other systems.

“We anticipate Siemens will have a continued role throughout our global portfolio,” they added.

The switch also appears to be aimed at aligning development with the Trump administration’s renewed push to bolster domestic manufacturing.

HIF’s Executive Director, Meg Gentle, said, “The project will be one of the world’s largest deployments of American-made electrolysers, establishing a new benchmark for e-Methanol production at an industrial scale, and driving US energy leadership and economic development deep in the heart of Texas.”

Electric Hydrogen CEO Raffi Garabedian added, “This is a defining moment for American leadership in breakthrough energy technology, a sector currently dominated by Chinese exports.

“It proves that US-built solutions can meet the toughest performance and cost targets – at the scale needed to reindustrialise our country and lead global trade in new energies.”

It also comes as many green hydrogen and derivative project developers race to meet a shortened eligibility window for the lucrative 45V hydrogen production tax credit, which offers up to $3/kg.

In July, President Donald Trump signed a tax and spending bill into law, moving the 45V start-of-construction deadline to 2027 from 2033.

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