Neptune Energy's H2opZee announces feasibility study awards for North Sea green hydrogen project

The H2opZee consortium comprising oil and gas firm Neptune Energy and German energy company RWE aims to develop the H2opZee offshore green hydrogen project in the North Sea by 2030.

PHOTO: Blueprint of H2opZee consortium's green hydrogen project in the North Sea. Neptune Energy

The contracts, effective from August 2022, include offshore platform concept design and engineering awarded to the Netherlands-based H2SEA, and pipeline concept design to offshore engineering firm Enersea.

Wind turbine generator systems concept work has been awarded to Spanish renewable energy firm Siemens Gamesa.

Phase 1 of the project which will last until mid-2023 involves assessing the feasibility of generating green hydrogen offshore, and phase 2 involves actual implementation.

This project aims to build 300-500 MW electrolyser capacity in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen using offshore wind.

Transportation of green hydrogen to the shore will be done via pipeline, Neptune Energy says,

“Hydrogen is a gamechanger in the decarbonisation of energy-intensive sectors and H2opZee is a world first of this kind and scale,” said Sven Utermöhlen, chief executive offshore wind at RWE Renewables.

By Konica Bhatt

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