DNV launched an effort to identify and analyze the main environmental, safety, and operational risks associated with one of the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production projects.
Specifically, DNV carry out an independent research into the safety and operational risks for the proposed facility at the SEM-REV offshore test site located off the north-western coast of France.
The test site was first designed in 2011 with a floating wind turbine first installed in 2018 followed by a wave energy converter prototype in 2019.
Now, Lhyfe and Centrale Nantes announced the intention to make offshore renewable hydrogen a reality by showcasing the reliability of an offshore electrolyze.
The offshore electrolyze will be installed on a floating platform, and then be connected to the various sources of marine renewable energy available on the offshore test site.
The green hydrogen-generating system is intended to be powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine, with a start-up date in 2022.
Commenting on the project, Santiago Blanco, Executive Vice-President and Regional Director Southern Europe, MEA and LATAM, Energy Systems at DNV, noted that green hydrogen at-scale is “the ultimate destination for the future of energy storage.”
