BBC News
By Chris Baraniuk
Last year was a record breaker for the UK s wind power industry.
Wind generation reached its highest ever level, at 17.2GW on 18 December, while wind power achieved its biggest share of UK electricity production, at 60% on 26 August.
Yet occasionally the huge offshore wind farms pump out far more electricity than the country needs - such as during the first Covid-19 lockdown last spring when demand for electricity sagged.
But what if you could use that excess power for something else? What we re aiming to do is generate hydrogen directly from offshore wind, says Stephen Matthews, Hydrogen Lead at sustainability consultancy ERM.