Europe's first offshore hydrogen pilot saw electrolyser performance 'as high as on land'

French developer Lhyfe has announced results of its pilot floating offshore hydrogen platform, which was tested for six months in the Bay of Biscay, 20km off the coast of Le Croisic in northwestern France, until mid-November last year.

Lhyfe noted that its 1MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser, which was supplied by Plug Power, was operated “including at maximum production capacity” of 400kg per day, while managing the variability from the project’s 2MW Vestas offshore wind turbine (mounted on BW Ideol’s Floatgen substructure).

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