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The Netherlands Chooses Site For World’s Largest Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The Dutch government has designated an area for what will become the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. That area is Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden (the North of the Wadden Islands), identified earlier for offshore wind development and deemed most suitable for providing 500 MW of electrolysis capacity and for the transport of hydrogen to land.

This Google Map shows the Wadden Islands.

Note.

1. Groningen is in the South-East corner of the map.
2. I wrote about Eemshaven, which is to the North-East of Groningen in The Train Station At The Northern End Of The Netherlands.
3. The Wadden or Frisian Islands are along the coast.

The Wadden Islands of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark are a World Heritage Site.

In Can The UK Have A Capacity To Create Five GW Of Green Hydrogen?, I said the following.

Ryze Hydrogen are building the Herne Bay electrolyser.

• It will consume 23 MW of solar and wind power.
• It will produce ten tonnes of hydrogen per day.

The electrolyser will consume 552 MWh to produce ten tonnes of hydrogen, so creating one tonne of hydrogen needs 55.2 MWh of electricity.

If the Dutch build a 500 MW electrolyser it will produce 217 tonnes of hydrogen per day.

The Dutch Plan For Hydrogen

This 500 MW electrolyser fits well with the The Dutch Plan For Hydrogen.

March 20, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen | Denmark, Germany, Groningen, North Sea, Offshore Hydrogen Production, Offshore Wind Power, The Netherlands, Wadden Islands, Wind Power, World Heritage Site