BEIS Backs Floating Wind to Hydrogen Project

The UK Department of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has allocated GBP 3.12 million for the second phase of Environmental Resources Management’s Dolphyn Project.

ERM has developed the Dolphyn (Deepwater Offshore LocalProduction of HYdrogeN) concept design for the production of ‘green’ hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind.

The concept integrates a large capacity wind turbine (nominally 10 MW), a desalination unit, and electrolysis onto a single floating sub-structure to produce hydrogen that can be transported to shore via pipeline.

The design was developed to Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage under Phase 1 of the Hydrogen Supply Competition, funded by the BEIS Energy Innovation Programme (2016-2021).

The Phase 2 funding will enable the detailed design of a 2MW prototype system. The Phase 2 demonstration projects will be selected based on the feasibility studies submitted for Phase 1.

BEIS has also allocated GBP 7.5 million for the Gigastack project aiming to produce renewable hydrogen by using electricity produced at an offshore wind farm.