My thoughts in Energy Voice on how the North Sea can support the energy transition by converting oil & gas platforms into green hydrogen production facilities:
https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/288280/crown-estate-hydrogen-study-articleisfree/
Extract:
Crown Estate Scotland is set to launch a rather interesting mini-study. With the oil & gas sector looking to support the energy transition (at last), the idea is to investigate the re-purposing of North Sea platforms into hydrogen production facilities.
Now, on one level, I’m with Tom Baxter on this: why do something offshore when you can do it cheaper onshore? But the comparison might not always be as clear-cut as that. For starters, there’s already a lot of offshore oil & gas infrastructure out there – and decommissioning it won’t be cheap. So, could in-situ hydrogen re-use make overall economic sense for certain installations? And, if successful, could this take us up the learning curve and unlock vast renewables potential further out to sea?
