Dolphyn floating wind-powered 'hydrogen from seawater' pilot leaps ahead with key deal
Developer ERM awards engineering work to platform technology front-runner Principle Power for innovative 10MW project with eye on first H2 generation by 2025
The pioneering Dolphyn offshore wind-to-hydrogen pilot being developed in the North Sea off Scotland by ERM has taken a key step towards first generation in 2025 with the award to floating technology outfit Principle Power of front-end engineering and design (Feed) work on the 10MW project.
“It is now established that to meet net-zero ambitions in the UK and all around the world, hydrogen from offshore floating wind needs to be a significant component in any viable long-term solution for heat, electricity generation, and transport,” said ERM partner David Caine.
“The project, a first-of-a-kind, is an innovative integrated system combining all the technologies required to bring the latest floating wind and hydrogen production technologies together to enable offshore wind resources to contribute toward hydrogen production at scale.”
Gregory-Campbell Smith, senior business development manager for Europe at Principle Power, said: “Moving to Feed on the Dolphyn project is a significant milestone towards our collective carbon-free future.”
ERM Dolphyn recently won £8.62m ($9.5m) in funding from a UK government low carbon hydrogen supply competition.
The developer, which has been collaborating with Principle Power on decentralised hydrogen production since 2019, calculates that deployed at total capacity of 4GW, the project could supply zero-carbon power and heat to more than 1.5 million homes.