German engineering company Thyssenkrupp Uhde has joined a project for an industrial-scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in the North Sea which is being developed by a consortium led by Dutch-based SwitcH2 BV.
The German company has provided a technical concept study for the ammonia plant based on its ammonia synthesis technologies. It was part of the development of the topside arrangement, hull and mooring system design for the floating production and offloading vessel (FPSO) which was done by floating production specialist BW Offshore Ltd (OSL:BWO).
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The project, dubbed OFFSET, is planned to be connected to an adjacent wind farm by 2027. The hydrogen produced by the floating facility can be transported to shore through existing oil and gas pipelines or newly installed thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP), while the ammonia can be transported to end-users by shuttle tankers.
Earlier this year, the project received a EUR-3-million (USD 3.28m) grant from the Dutch government under the Mission driven Research and Development scheme.
Apart from SwitcH2 and BWO, the consortium working on the project also includes Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), the Dutch public technical university TU Delft and local hydrogen pipeline company Strohm. The group will seek to involve stakeholders from different sectors, such as energy companies, wind farm operators and developers, as well as energy-intensive industry sectors as potential future off-takers, according to an earlier statement.
(EUR 1 = USD 1.095)