Global consultancy ABL Group has joined the green energy initiative AquaVentus Förderverein, which aims to develop 10GW of green hydrogen capacity from North Sea offshore wind by 2035.
The AquaVentus initiative plans to use electricity from offshore wind farms to operate electrolysers also installed at sea on an industrial scale.
Plans envisage setting up electrolysis units in the North Sea with a total capacity of 10GW, enough to produce 1 million metric tons of green hydrogen.
ABL Group has 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.
Sergio Leone, ABL’s project manager for the pipeline project, said: “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 kilometre subsea pipeline which will in future feed green hydrogen into the German grid via the Mukran entry point.”
AquaVentus brings together innovative organisations 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.