U.S. Wind to Hydrogen Modeling, Analysis, Testing, and Collaboration
Potential Impact
• What: Collection of projects addressing analytic and experimental requirements for
developing proof-of-concept offshore wind-hydrogen projects
• Why: Offshore wind-H2 is a promising pathway for tightly integrated renewable H2
Addressing grid and coastal constraints as renewable electricity is built out
- High-throughput, economically-scalable energy delivery via undersea pipelines
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Overlaps with two DOE Energy Earthshots - Hydrogen and Floating Offshore Wind
• Why: Offshore wind is still early market, especially in the US; offshore wind-H2 is in infancy
with no operational demonstrations to-date (though several projects in development)
- Offshore conditions and requirements are very different compared to onshore
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System design and operations must be considered for harsh, remote locations
Industry interest is considerable
• How: FY23 activity was focused on
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Renewable electricity generation integration through experimental setup with industry
Capital cost, gap/uncertainty, common framework assessment through international
working group
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