Engineers from Tractebel claim to have developed a technology to produce hydrogen from offshore wind power at an industrial scale using electrolysis. “In large-scale offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and other locations there is enormous potential for CO 2 -neutral production of green hydrogen,” said Klaas Oltmann, Director of Business Development at Tractebel Overdick. According to Oltmann, the new type of platform “accommodates all the technical components required to produce ‘green’ hydrogen. Dr Schillings said: “Offshore wind power is the only source for renewable energy in Germany which provides sufficient potential for expansion. This provides the opportunity for the development of offshore hydrogen production platforms on a scale of several hundred MW.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2019 06:54 UTC