Work advances on two hydrogen facilities powered by North Sea wind
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.
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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In addition, EnergyTech, a fellow Endeavor Business Media energy brand, has covered several hydrogen news stories this month:
- Aslan on the Move: Mexico H2 Project Creating Green Hydrogen for California
- Hy24 Pours $50M in StormFisher Hydrogen's E-Fuels Projects in US, Canada
- NA+ AI: Spectral, Essence Companies Collaborating on Sodium-Ion & Hydrogen for Cloud-Based Data Facilities
- FuelCell Energy, Idaho National Lab Studying Hydrogen Generation from Nuclear Power
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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.