Deep Wind Offshore has entered a collaboration with Hydepoint to explore offshore hydrogen production from offshore wind. Deep Wind Offshore is developing offshore wind parks worldwide, so far with projects in Norway, Sweden, and South Korea. HydePoint is a product and technology company specialising in offshore hydrogen production and provides solutions that can integrate hydrogen production with offshore wind parks.
Electricity production from offshore wind will become a significant source of renewable energy, but current grids are not prepared to receive neither the large amounts of power nor the peaks expected from renewable energy. Offshore hydrogen production from offshore wind will reduce the need for investments in grids, as well as providing a renewable product that can be delivered to demand centres further afield. Plans are currently explored for hydrogen export pipelines from Norway, Sweden, and Finland to Germany, and could facilitate offshore hydrogen production close to the windfarms and delivering hydrogen directly into these pipelines.
