Norwegian developer H2Carrier has applied for permission to build two offshore wind farms to produce green hydrogen and ammonia. The project is set to be located on the northern coast of the Finnmark region and is expected to generate 1.55GW of wind power to be used in a floating vessel to produce green hydrogen and ammonia.
The total hydrogen output of the project is expected to equal 109,000 mt/y, with ammonia production totaling 610,000 mt/y. The project will not require leasing or purchasing land or storage tanks, and will instead use a floating vessel, the P2XFloater™, which contains its own desalination unit to produce the water that will be split in its electrolyzers to form hydrogen.
H2Carrier had partnered with Statkraft on studying wind locations for the P2XFloater (GM Sept. 9, 2022). H2Carrier received an Approval in Principal from DNV, the Norwegian registrar and classification society, for using the vessel for near-shore production.