Energy Transition

Work advances on two hydrogen facilities powered by North Sea wind

Feb. 20, 2025

Wood will perform the FEED scope for the hydrogen production facility for the Zeevonk project, while TotalEnergies and Air Liquide plan to develop two projects that will deliver about 45,000 t/year of green hydrogen.

Jeremy Beckman

Wood will perform the front-end engineering design (FEED) scope for the hydrogen production facility for the Zeevonk project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

This will be powered by offshore wind and floating offshore solar energy from the Zeevonk offshore developments in the Dutch North Sea.

The Zeevonk project is a joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

The produced hydrogen will be transported via a pipeline to the nearby Hydrogen Network Rotterdam grid. This network is the first phase of new Dutch hydrogen infrastructure planned at the Port of Rotterdam

TotalEnergies, Air Liquide to boost green hydrogen supply

Also in the Netherlands, TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects that will deliver about 45,000 t/year of green hydrogen. This will be produced using renewable power, mostly generated mostly by the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, a co-development between TotalEnergies (50%) and RWE (50%).

The joint venture plans to construct and operate a 250-MW electrolyzer near the Zeeland refinery in the southern Netherlands, due to be commissioned in 2029, reducing the site’s CO₂ emissions by up to 300,000 t/year.

TotalEnergies and RWE join forces to implement OranjeWind project as blueprint for Dutch energy system of the future — In July 2024, RWE and TotalEnergies entered into a partnership agreement to jointly deliver the OranjeWind offshore wind project in the Netherlands, with TotalEnergies acquiring a 50% equity stake in the offshore wind farm from RWE.

In addition, as part of Air Liquide's 200-MW ELYgator electrolyzer project in the Maasvlakte region of the Netherlands, TotalEnergies has signed a tolling agreement for 130 MW to be dedicated to producing 15,000 t/year of green hydrogen for the TotalEnergies platform in Antwerp.

Renewable energy electrons produced offshore by OranjeWind will be transformed into green hydrogen. The project, expected to be operational by the end of 2027, should cut CO₂ emissions at the Antwerp location by up to 150,000 t annually.

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About the Author

Jeremy Beckman | Editor, Europe

Jeremy Beckman has been Editor Europe, Offshore since 1992. Prior to joining Offshore he was a freelance journalist for eight years, working for a variety of electronics, computing and scientific journals in the UK. He regularly writes news columns on trends and events both in the NW Europe offshore region and globally. He also writes features on developments and technology in exploration and production.