In its quest for climate-friendly hydrogen production, the AquaVentus initiative aims to use electricity from offshore wind farms to operate electrolyzers also installed at sea on an industrial scale. Plans envisage setting up electrolysis units in the North Sea with a total capacity of 10 gigawatts, enough to produce 1 million metric tons of green hydrogen.
ABL Group with local offices in North Sea countries including Germany, Netherlands, UK, Denmark, Norway and France, have joined the AquaVentus consortium, to support with a range of engineering and marine consultancy services. More specifically, it will draw upon its diverse combination of offshore engineering and hydrogen expertise to help support the consortium’s initiatives within pipeline engineering management and discipline engineering services.
ABL has a long history acting as engineering and marine consultant on offshore infrastructure projects in the North Sea, including hydrogen innovation. For instance, ABL was recently contracted by GASCADE Gastransport GmbH to provide marine warranty survey services to oversee the construction of the 50 kilometer subsea pipeline which will in future feed green hydrogen into the German grid via the Mukran entry point,” said Sergio Leone, Project Manager for the pipeline project, ABL—an ABL Group company.
“Our Group-wide experience covers more than 50 hydrogen projects worldwide including in the North Sea countries. Our track-record includes power to X project development and bid advisory, hydrogen infrastructure and safety, and applications of hydrogen and derivatives. This multi-disciplined experience positions us perfectly to support the exciting AquaVentus consortium,” added Nils Falkenhorst, Country Manager to OWC in Germany—an ABL Group company.
AquaVentus brings together innovative organizations and research bodies, as well as leading international companies in the energy transition space, to support and collaborate over the production of green hydrogen in the North Sea, along with establishing associated transport infrastructure.
Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group ASA delivers energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive the energy transition in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. The Group has significant experience on multi-national R&D and innovation projects including the NEOM green hydrogen project, and the design concept project for a green hydrogen production & storage barge.
