Monday, February 12, 2024

Lhyfe’s hydrogen platform was a success story for the further development of Europe’s offshore hydrogen industry.

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Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s Daily Update Newsletter on February 1, 2024, their article titled, “Sealhyfe hydrogen platform passes initial offshore tests”?  In the article, it spoke on the subject of green hydrogen, and in this instance, it was a renewable energy offshore platform.  Lhyfe’s platform, Sealhyfe, returned to port in November 2023 after a 14-month experiment at sea.  Sealhyfe was stationed in two places off the Atlantic coast of France and quayside.  The experiment was the next step to show how hydrogen may be produced offshore under excessive conditions like hurricanes and normal daily sea conditions and to help streamline the processes and operations.  Sealhyfe operated during the storm called Ciaran, and they collected data which will help in future development of the offshore hydrogen industry.  Most importantly Lhyfe worked with the French government to help determine the operating rules for this type of operating unit which may be used at sea.  Sealhyfe was considered a successful experiment, and it was the next step to getting to their future goal of commercial offshore green hydrogen.  This long-term experiment will help aid in the future development of green hydrogen offshore industry, and its data will help HOPE (Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe) a project aimed at producing 4 tonnes of green hydrogen a day off the coast of Belgium which Lhyfe is involved with as well as they are involved in a nine-member consortium helping develop this future industry.   If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link:   Sealhyfe hydrogen platform passes initial offshore tests | Offshore (offshore-mag.com).

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