Norway’s H2Carrier AS and state-owned hydropower company Statkraft AS have partnered up in a Memorandum of Understanding for the study of the possible use of H2Carrier’s green ammonia floating production vessel on certain offshore wind locations.
The P2XFloaterTM will utilize renewable power to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia for shipment to international markets.
H2Carrier recently received an Approval in Principle from Norwegian registrar and classification society DNV for the use of the vessel for near-shore production. H2Carrier said the purpose of the new study is to evaluate its use in a true offshore environment.
The company believes the P2XFloater will contribute to improve the power flexibility of an offshore wind installation and make such a facility less dependent on grid and export cable facilities. The study will assess the challenges of operating electrolyzers and an ammonia production process offshore with variable load handling.
H2Carrier will also team up with Norwegian engineering company KANFA AS and its parent company Technip Energies for the study.