The Anonymous Widower

UK’s First Offshore Hydrogen Production Trials Kick Off in South Wales

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

This is the sub-heading.

After six years of development, sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test its Dolphyn Hydrogen process which combines electrolysis, desalination, and hydrogen production on a floating wind platform, marking the first time hydrogen has been produced from seawater in a marine environment in the UK.

These are the first three paragraphs.

The trials conducted in Pembroke Port, South Wales, through July 2024 are said to represent an important step forward in enabling the UK to produce low-carbon hydrogen safely, reliably, and at scale.

In ERM’s Dolphyn Hydrogen process, hydrogen is transported to shore via a pipeline and it can be used directly for power generation, transport, industrial purposes, and heating.

The development of the Dolphyn Hydrogen process has been supported by the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, through the Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition in the GBP 1 billion (approximately USD 1.2 billion) Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). It has been awarded funding of over GBP 8 million (about USD 10.13 million) to date and has also been championed by devolved Governments in Wales and Scotland.

There’s more about Dolphyn Hydrogen on their web site.

Conclusion

This self-contained floating hydrogen factory could be very useful operating either singly or as a small fleet.

It would help if Dolphyn Hydrogen disclosed some hydrogen production capacities.

This is said in a press release.

The pilot project at Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm in Aberdeen Bay will have an output of 8.8MW and will be able to produce enough hydrogen every day to power a hydrogen bus to travel 24,000km.

That looks about right.

I shall be following Dolphyn Hydrogen.

July 3, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Hydrogen | Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, Dolphyn Hydrogen, Floating Wind Power, Offshore Hydrogen Production, Scottish Government, South Wales, Welsh Government, Wind Power