The Netherlands – A partnership, including BW Offshore, has received a grant from the Dutch government for the construction of a sizable floating green hydrogen and ammonia project. The OFFSET project, which also involves MARIN, TU Delft, and Strohm, is overseen by SwitcH2.
The project, which aims to demonstrate how manufacturing green fuel may be done more economically, will be based on the concept of a floating production and offloading vessel (FPSO). There will be participants from a range of industries, including energy companies, wind farm operators, and developers, as well as potential off-takers from sectors of the economy that use a lot of energy.
Wind farm connection
By 2027, the project’s participants hope to build a floating hydrogen and/or ammonia production and storage facility that will be connected to a neighbouring wind farm. While produced hydrogen can be carried to shore by newly constructed TCP or pre-existing oil and gas pipelines, produced ammonia can only be transported to final users via shuttle tankers.
BW Offshore will focus on the topside arrangement, hull, and mooring system design while TU Delft will take the lead in the study into the direct use of saltwater in the electrolysis process and develop a trustworthy seawater electrolysis process through the use of superior electrocatalysts. Strohm will provide its own non-corrosive Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) technology for the storage and unloading of hydrogen.
MOOI
The Missiegedregen Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling (MOOI) – Mission-driven Research and Development – initiative was launched by the RVO, the Netherlands’ ministry of economic affairs and climate policy’s implementation branch. The project was chosen as the funding recipient under this programme. It may be possible to produce and distribute petrol with zero carbon emissions thanks to the OFFSET alliance, which brings together recognised partners and concepts with cutting-edge components.
