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by Bea Howarth (AZoCleantech)  The world’s first offshore green hydrogen plant, powered by floating wind turbines, is on track to go into operation in 2022 in France. This project will pave the way to achieving large-scale, industrial hydrogen as part of the global plight to eradicate fossil fuel reliance.

The ambitious development, led by renewable hydrogen project developer Lhyfe in collaboration with Chantiers de l’Atlantique, will be installed at the offshore testing site SEM-REV, where it will be connected to multiple renewable energy sources, including the 2 MW capacity floating wind turbine Floatgen. This test site will be crucial to validate the feasibility of offshore hydrogen production, with plans to expand to a system ranging from 10 MW to an astounding several hundred MW of carbon-neutral power in 2024.

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Lhyfe has already successfully deployed onshore hydrogen electrolysis plants, powered purely by local renewable energy sources. Yet, with the oceans providing an unlimited supply of water, Lhyfe has identified offshore water electrolysis as being an untapped potential to upscale to industrial hydrogen production.

The water electrolyzer will be installed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique on GEPS Techno’s floating platform; an autonomous system harnessing both wave and solar energy. Additional energy required for the process will then be provided through a connection to various other sources of marine renewable power, most significantly the 2 MW capacity Floatgen wind turbine already in operation at the site. This, therefore, forms a truly integrated, flexible approach to renewable energy production, with the capability of responding to fluctuations in demand.  READ MORE

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Renewable hydrogen produced from wind in ‘world first’: A French company claims to have produced more than 600kg of renewable hydrogen using an electrolyser powered by a wind turbine (Energy Live News)

France’ Lhyfe Labs produces green hydrogen directly from wind power (LiveMint)