Article published on Offshore Engineer, 19 August 2024. Read the full article here.
The intermittency of offshore wind power is both a challenge and an opportunity for green hydrogen production.
There will be a new generation of platforms taking up space in offshore wind farms as hydrogen production is used to help balance power supply and demand. Green hydrogen could be produced at off-grid windfarms but, if grid-connected, it can also be produced at peak times by running electrolyzers and then stored for later.
“Anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer technology, a development of PEM that uses non-critical raw materials, could also offer a scalable and economic solution, according to participants in the EU-funded HYScale initiative. The specific technology, developed by CENmat, can operate stably at higher current densities, says CEO Dr Schwan Hosseiny, and this means the plant can be more compact. “Low space requirements are important because the projected electrolysis installation to 4-5 terawatts by 2050 would require enormous space if electrolyzers operated at low current densities.””
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