(Essen / Heligoland) – The newly founded “Aqua Ventus” support association has presented a new hydrogen project. According to this, ten gigawatts of offshore wind turbines are to be installed in the North Sea between Helgoland and the Doggerbank sandbank by 2035. Hydrogen is generated using wind power on the high seas and then brought to land via a pipeline.
RWE is the largest offshore player on the island
The energy company RWE operates two offshore wind farms off the island of Heligoland: “Nordsee Ost” (295 MW) and “Amrumbank West” (302 MW). There is also the “Kaskasi” wind farm (342 MW), which was approved in December. This makes RWE the largest offshore player on the island. With its business units RWE Renewables, RWE Generation, RWE Gas Storage and RWE Supply & Trading, the company can both supply green electricity and use it to produce, store and market hydrogen.
27 companies, research institutions and organizations currently belong to the Aqua Ventus support association. The first chairman is Heligoland's mayor Jörg Singer. One of the deputy chairmen is Sven Utermöhlen, COO Offshore Wind Global, RWE Renewables GmbH.
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RWE wants to use wind power in the North Sea to produce hydrogen © RWE
