The UK Government has awarded Vattenfall, a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish State, US$ 11.5M to develop Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1), the world’s first hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbine.
As part of the Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1) project, which aims to be the world’s first to fully integrate hydrogen production with an offshore wind turbine, an electrolyzer will be installed directly onto an existing operational offshore wind turbine to produce hydrogen. To accelerate future development, HT1 will also map out improvement and consent processes for large-scale hydrogen initiatives co-located with offshore wind farms.
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This project, which is the pilot project at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm in Aberdeen Bay will have an output of 8MW and it will be capable of producing enough hydrogen per day to power a 24,000-kilometer hydrogen bus. The hydrogen will be piped to Aberdeen Harbor’s shore.
The project will start immediately, with the goal of completing the project by 2025. According to Danielle Lane, UK Country Manager for Vattenfall, installing hydrogen electrolysers on offshore wind turbines is likely to be the quickest and cheapest way to provide fossil-free hydrogen at scale.
UK government to fund 28 more projects in England in addition to the Hydrogen Turbine 1 project
The UK government has made £60 million ($74.5 million) available to aid companies at the forefront of hydrogen innovation. The money will go to 28 projects in Scotland, Wales, and the north of England, covering a wide range of industries and technologies.
“The British Energy Security Strategy stated that we are endorsing hydrogen not just as a legitimate source of clean, affordable homegrown energy, but as an arising industry of the future in which the United Kingdom can lead the world,” said Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng in a statement.
This funding according to Kwasi, will help accelerate the development of this amazing new industry, positioning us as a global hydrogen superpower,
