Intelligently engineered offshore wind and energy solutions to support the production of green hydrogen.
Overview
Offshore green hydrogen has a vital role to play in the global energy industry of the future. But, in order to take its rightful place on centre stage, production must be greatly accelerated. One of the key solutions, we believe, is to combine floating offshore wind and green hydrogen production.
There exists roughly a terawatt of hydrogen demand from existing industries such as steel and cement making, and meeting this would require today’s green hydrogen capacity to expand by orders of magnitude. When factoring in new sources of hydrogen demand such as heating and transport, there is unlikely to be enough hydrogen available to meet demand by the early 2030s.
Offshore provides the much-needed space for electrolyser capacity to be built at speed and scale and meet demands – but this is a major engineering undertaking requiring extensive offshore expertise.
We are playing our role in meeting this challenge by facilitating offshore projects and creating solutions to demonstrate a commercial path to production at scale. We’re also confident, that the production of offshore green hydrogen is potentially, on the cusp of something extremely exciting.
Offshore green hydrogen technology is ready, and the sector has seen unprecedented levels of innovation and ambition in recent times. Today, we are already applying our decades of offshore engineering experience to:
The key to success for offshore green hydrogen is the same intelligent, modular approach that has served as the basis for successful oil and gas and offshore wind projects for decades.
Our years of learnings from delivering adaptable solutions to the oil and gas industry can be immediately applied to offshore green hydrogen. For example, we design minimalist green hydrogen platforms which can be rapidly manufactured, transported and assembled by small local yards using minimal facilities.
This focus on intelligence, efficiency and our consultative and collaborative approach provides the project specific solutions needed for green hydrogen to succeed at scale and speed.
These designs are highly replicable, making it more efficient and affordable to manufacture and simpler to upgrade or replace as new innovations are developed. This ensures our designs are future proofed for years to come and ensures early movers can maintain their advantage.
Open to working with all partners and with a technology agnostic approach, we can provide bespoke solutions for any offshore green hydrogen project.
From fixed-base to floating, we are ready to translate our expertise and learnings from offshore wind and the oil and gas industry to accelerate green hydrogen production, while reducing the cost and complexity.
Want to learn more about how we can support your offshore green hydrogen project? Explore some of our exciting work in the space, for example, our project with Lyfe and Bore Drilling, for a pioneering offshore green hydrogen jack-up rig production concept.
Features
The best wind resources are often located far offshore – making the commercial reality of power export via subsea cable difficult. For wind developers, grid saturation and low power prices threaten significant commercial risks to such projects. At the same time, electrolysers need an abundant supply of renewable electricity to create hydrogen at commercial scale – so why not co-locate the assets?
We can deliver projects using a mixture of flexible new and legacy offshore assets to put the electrolyser where the wind is, giving a steady source of power to the hydrogen producer, and a new customer-base for the windfarm developer. Our Renewables Director, Anne Hause, discusses this and more in our green hydrogen from offshore wind webinar.
We are collaborating with the oil and gas sector as it charts a course through the energy transition. Offshore green hydrogen is an opportunity to repurpose offshore assets and transform the landscape, saving equipment from the scrapyard and improving environmental and financial performance.
Depending on final project details, platforms, pipelines and terminals created for the oil and gas sector can gain a new lease on life in a green energy future by repurposing assets for offshore green hydrogen – preventing environmentally damaging scrapping of operational assets.
We are open to collaborating with all industry partners and technologies, enabling us to offer tailor-made solutions for any offshore green hydrogen project.
Whether it involves fixed-base or floating installations, we use our extensive offshore knowledge and experience to accelerate the production of green hydrogen. Our goal is to drive down costs and streamline the process, making offshore green hydrogen production more efficient, accessible, and ultimately, commercially viable. To learn about the transition and acceleration towards innovation, you can read the latest blog from our Managing Director, James Larnder, where he discusses green hydrogens place in the global supply chain.
Our approach is designed as a universal template for future green hydrogen projects. We are pioneering the relationship between offshore wind and green hydrogen production, having agreed a landmark deal with Seawind Ocean Technology. For the template to be globally applicable, the design must be deliverable in a broad range of locations. Too complex and it may exceed local manufacturing, logistics and installation capabilities, too large and it may exceed the capacity of available construction vessels.
Our simple solution is to build minimalist green hydrogen setups, such as our Sea Swift platform, that can be rapidly manufactured, transported and assembled by yards and facilities at all scales.
A flexible offshore platform solution that provides modular designs and rapid returns for oil and gas, CCS, offshore wind, and offshore green hydrogen developments. Field tested and trusted.
Early-stage engineering expertise to support offshore oil and gas, CCS, wind, and green hydrogen developments
Expert offshore analysis services, for both fixed and floating offshore wind projects, helping to accelerate time to first operation and a faster return on investment.
A safe and cost-effective approach to asset life extension, our unrivalled life-of-field experience allows operators to extend the life cycle of aging assets successfully.
A comprehensive solution for heavy lifting equipment, including analysis, installation, experienced engineers, and associated equipment for diverse subsea rig installation operations.
For a range of process and technical safety design and reviews to support new build, facility modification or independent verification of a design.
Bespoke engineering design services for your offshore electrical systems for a range of electrical design and engineering works.
We have wide-ranging experience when it comes to the design of hydraulic power units and can provide a range of hydraulic solutions and services.
From a Basis of Design or site survey to general arrangements and isometrics, stress analysis and 3d modelling for clash checking and operability reviews.
Intelligently engineered mobile offshore production (MOPU) units, innovative low cost field development solutions with versatility and flexibility.
Structural engineering services to ensure optimal performance and safety in a variety of different conditions and environments.
A flexible, tailored approach for bespoke design and build services such as skidding systems or platforms, tailored to your specific requirements.
