RWE and Neptune to develop offshore green hydrogen pilot
Project envisages deployment of electrolysers in Dutch North Sea and use of existing pipeline to move hydrogen onshore
German utility RWE and UK-based independent oil and gas producer Neptune Energy have agreed to jointly develop a pilot project to demonstrate offshore green hydrogen production in the Dutch North Sea. The “far offshore” H2 Opzee project envisages the deployment of 300-500MW of electrolyser capacity powered by offshore wind by 2030. The hydrogen would be transported to land via an existing pipeline with a capacity of 10-12GW. Phase one of the project will be a feasibility study starting in the second quarter of 2022. A second implementation phase would involve a tendering process that has still to be defined, RWE says. “H2 Opzee is one of the world's first projects of this type and size,” say
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