The complete paper is a summary of a study that covers through-life economics for producing green hydrogen from offshore fixed wind turbines. The options compare production of hydrogen on the turbine itself (decentralized) with production on a dedicated production platform (centralized) and production from an onshore facility. The results of the economic analysis show that decentralized hydrogen production can be competitive against onshore production at longer offshore distances.
Introduction
The paper contains a summary of an offshore green-hydrogen-production study performed by a group of companies. The field architectures for each of the evaluated cases are described and the results of the economic analysis are presented in the complete text.
Field Architecture Layouts
The hydrogen production cases in the study are divided into three architectural layouts.
Case 1: Onshore Hydrogen Production. The electricity produced at the offshore wind farm is gathered by interarray cables and directed to an offshore substation.
