THE HAGUE, Netherlands,
July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- René
Peters, Business Director Gas Technologies TNO and initiator of the
North Sea Energy Program: "PosHYdon is the ultimate example of
system integration in the North Sea. In many studies, hydrogen is
considered the missing link in the energy transition, with many
talking about all the opportunities. But here, right off the coast
of Scheveningen, it will actually take place. PosHYdon will teach
us a lot about the next steps that need to be taken towards safe,
large-scale green hydrogen production at sea. Offshore green
hydrogen production will enable large-scale wind farms to be
developed far out at sea. Wind energy is then directly converted to
green hydrogen and can be transported through the existing gas
infrastructure. As a result, offshore wind projects can be realized
faster at significantly lower costs for society. I am therefore
very happy that we can now progress with PosHYdon."
Jacqueline Vaessen, Managing
Director of Nexstep, national platform for reuse and
decommissioning: "Together with a number of operators and TNO, this
idea arose about two years ago from a brainstorming session of the
'Re-purpose' working group within Nexstep. We looked at what the
best location would be to host this pilot and then arrived at
Neptune Energy's Q13a-A, since that platform is already fully
electrified using green electricity. Then the pioneering and search
for suitable consortium partners began. This award is a crown on
the preparatory work. I am therefore extremely proud PosHYdon is
now ready for this important next phase."
PosHYdon seeks to validate the integration of three energy
systems in the Dutch North Sea: offshore wind, offshore gas and
offshore hydrogen and will involve the installation of
hydrogen-producing plant on the Neptune Energy-operated Q13a-A
platform. The Q13a-A is the first fully electrified platform in the
Dutch North Sea, located approximately 13 kilometers off the coast
of Scheveningen (The Hague).
Electricity generated by offshore wind turbines will be used to
power the hydrogen plant on the Q13a-A platform, converting
seawater into demineralized water, then into hydrogen via
electrolysis. The aim of the pilot is to gain experience of
integrating working energy systems at sea and the production of
hydrogen in an offshore environment. In addition, in this project
the efficiency of an electrolyser with a variable supply from
offshore wind will be tested, and at the same time knowledge and
insights on the costs for the offshore installation as well as
maintenance costs will be obtained.
The green hydrogen will be mixed with the gas and transported
via the existing gas pipeline to the coast. The 1 MW electrolyser
will produce a maximum of 400 kilogrammes of green hydrogen per
day.
Consortium partners
The following partners have joined the PosHYdon consortium: Nel
Hydrogen, InVesta, Hatenboer, IV-Offshore & Energy and Emerson
Automation Solutions. Nexstep, TNO, Neptune Energy, Gasunie,
Noordgastransport, NOGAT, DEME Offshore, TAQA and Eneco joined this
group last year already.
Partners in the Q13a-A platform: Neptune Energy (operator and
50%), EBN B.V. (40%) and TAQA Offshore B.V. (10%).
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