Offshore wind
10 gigawatts of production capacity for green hydrogen from offshore wind energy plus transportation on land via pipeline
Green hydrogen
Production of 1 million tons of green hydrogen from the North Sea thanks to highly innovative electrolysis technology
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Opportunities for the energy industry, CO2-free industry, plant construction, the maritime sector, chemicals, mobility and logistics
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More InformationAbout AquaVentus
One million tons of green hydrogen per year, produced from wind energy in the North Sea and transported to land by pipeline – that is the vision of AquaVentus.
More than 100 companies, organizations and research institutes along the entire value chain are setting standards in Europe and worldwide.
The broad-based project family realizes 10 gigawatts of generation capacity, from the demonstrator to the transport infrastructure to the ever-growing parks.
Why green hydrogen from offshore wind? The synchronisation of generation and consumption as well as the transport of green energy are among the major challenges we face. Green hydrogen is the key here, not only to avoid grid bottlenecks and cold doldrums, but also in particular to decarbonise industrial sectors that cannot be electrified. Hydrogen is also a central link between the sectors because it can be stored and can be used as a raw material, fuel and energy carrier. The interaction between green electrons and molecules therefore promises solutions for the transformation of our energy and economic system, but also for security of supply.
The AquaVentus mission: to develop and expand offshore hydrogen production in a targeted manner in order to
- Enable the energy transition successfully and thus achieve Germany’s climate protection targets
- Ensure resilience and security of supply
- Ensure national and European value creation by achieving the expansion targets of 10 GW
What has AquaVentus already achieved?
- AquaDuctus pipeline is the German contribution to the development of a hydrogen pipeline network in the North Sea and an integral part of the German hydrogen core network
- SEN-1 area in the North Sea as a demonstration area for hydrogen production at sea is part of the National Hydrogen Strategy with the target of 1 GW
- Proposed definition of hydrogen production at sea as an overriding public interest in the Wind at Sea Act
What else does AquaVentus need?
- Continuous dialog between politics, environmental associations and industry on the challenges of large-scale hydrogen production at sea
- Enabling pilot plants for technology scaling and incentives for the ramp-up of the value chain
- Appropriate auction design to ensure the implementation of SEN-1 projects
- Clear perspective for the integration of hydrogen production at sea into the “Green Power Plant North Sea” (uniform European regulation & standards as well as a binding expansion path for 10 GW offshore electrolysis in zone 4 & 5 of the EEZ
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With the help of the projects’ pioneering technical work, the AquaVentus initiative aims to achieve its ambitious goals. In the long term, however, the AquaVentus project family’s plans also include integration into a European hydrogen network.
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