The groundbreaking pilot for PosHYdon was successfully launched at InVesta’s Alkmaar premises. The project’s objective is to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the Dutch North Sea. This marks the first time three offshore energy systems will be integrated, with hydrogen transported to land via an existing pipeline. The significance of this pilot lies in its crucial role in developing large-scale production of green hydrogen at sea, thus driving the energy transition in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. Following the successful onshore testing period, the electrolyser will be transferred offshore to the Q13a-A platform, situated 13 kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen (The Hague). The first offshore hydrogen production is slated for Q4 this year.
RenéPeters, Business Director Gas Technologies TNO and initiator of the North Sea Energy Programsaid: “PosHYdon isa perfectexample of system integration in the North Sea. In many studies, hydrogen is considered the missing link in the energy transition, with many talking about all the opportunities. But here, right off the coast of Scheveningen, it will actually take place later this year. PosHYdon is teaching us a lot about the next steps that need to be taken towards safe, large-scale green hydrogen productionfrom windat sea. Offshore green hydrogen production will enable large-scale wind farms to be developed far out at sea. Wind energy is directly converted to green hydrogenfrom demineralised seawaterand can be transported through the existingor newgas infrastructure. As a result, offshore wind projects can be realised faster at significantly lower costs for society. I am therefore very happy that we can now test the complete installation onshore in preparationfortransferring itoffshorefor the final test: offshore green hydrogen production.”
In addition, PosHYdon will also participate in a pilot for Guarantees of Origin for green hydrogen and the upcoming migration towards European hydrogen certification. This pilot, also open to others, is being planned via HyXchange. Neptune Energy (Eni) participated before in the HyXchange certification pilot in 2022.
