Vattenfall has determined to cancel the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) mission offshore Aberdeen, Scotland, nearly two years after the agency started creating it. Nevertheless, the mission helped allow the creation of a regulatory and consenting regime for offshore hydrogen transportation and storage within the UK, in response to the Swedish firm.
The HT1 mission was designed round Vattenfall’s 97 MW Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also called the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).
The Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) mission was mentioned to carry the world its first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine because it concerned putting an electrolyser straight onto one of many eleven 8.8 MW operational generators at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm. The hydrogen at sea could be piped to shore at Aberdeen Harbor.
In keeping with our earlier information, HT1 would be capable to produce sufficient hydrogen on daily basis to energy a hydrogen bus to journey 24,000 kilometres.
The developer deliberate to assemble services together with a pipeline and different specialist infrastructure subsequent 12 months, forward of the primary operation in 2025.
A part of the HT1 mission was funded by the UK Division for Vitality Safety and Web Zero (DESNZ) via the Low Carbon Hydrogen Provide 2 funding programme.
Having examined the event section for decentralised offshore hydrogen manufacturing, and in gentle of different business advances, Vattenfall has now taken the choice to conclude the mission, the corporate mentioned.
The findings are deliberate to be introduced later in 2024.
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In keeping with Vattenfall, HT1 aided the creation of a brand new regulatory and consenting regime by the UK Authorities for offshore hydrogen transportation and storage which was one of many objectives of the mission.
It clarifies the roles and tasks of interlinking regulators, which is alleged to be essential to the event of the longer term renewable hydrogen market within the UK.
“Vattenfall is immensely proud that the HT1 Mission has led to the creation of the brand new consenting regime for future offshore hydrogen manufacturing, transportation and storage within the UK. The technological and environmental progress we’ve made may even allow additional advances by the business in direction of the creation of a thriving offshore hydrogen manufacturing market,” mentioned Lisa Christie, Nation Supervisor for Vattenfall within the UK.
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