Offshore staff
HAUGESUND, Norway — Deep Wind Offshore is forming a partnership with Hy2gen to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind.
According to the companies, securing access and capacity in local power grids is a major hindrance to offshore wind developments.
“Investment in grid infrastructure is resource-intensive and can be limited for new offshore wind projects. By producing hydrogen close to the offshore wind farm, we can reduce the load on the grid," said Helge Økland, general manager of Hy2gen Norway.
And power from offshore wind, in combination with hydrogen, can be harnessed in production of green energy carriers.
Deep Wind Offshore, which also has partnerships with EDF Renewables in Norway and bp in South Korea, is owned by Knutsen Gruppen, Haugaland Kraft, Sunnhordland Kraftlag and Octopus Energy.
Hy2gen’s owners include Technip Energies, Trafigura, Hy24, Mirova and CDPQ. The company develops, finances, constructs and operates facilities for producing green hydrogen and hydrogen-based products, such as ammonia, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and methanol, with operations in Europe, Canada and the US.
Norway is seeking to award 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2040. If 16 GW were converted to ammonia, which is produced from green hydrogen, for use in maritime fuel, the partners claim it could reduce the country’s total maritime emissions of 10 MMt/year of CO2 by 100%.
“Hy2gen will bring insight into how energy from offshore wind can be optimally converted into specially adapted energy solutions. This can be hydrogen in liquid or pressurized form, ammonia, SAF or methanol,” Økland said.
11.10.2023
