16 April 2021 10:35 GMT Updated 16 April 2021 11:40 GMT
Offshore wind and green hydrogen are “uniquely suited technologies” that could combine to play a massive role in the global energy transition – but must move quickly to achieve scale, technical reliability and price-competitiveness to achieve their joint potential, key players spanning the two sectors told a
Recharge event.
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2 production via electrolysis powered by gigawatt-scale offshore wind projects to wean sectors such as transport and heavy industry is widely seen as a potential “skeleton key that will help unlock our planet’s carbon-neutral future”, said
“Low carbon hydrogen is the number-one topic of interest among the companies we work with,” said Tom Heggarty, principal analyst in the energy transition practice of research group Wood Mackenzie.
Offshore wind and hydrogen uniquely suited – but scale and speed key, Recharge event told
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Winds of change: how Enel and Iberdrola powered up for the energy transition Europe s biggest utilities Enel and Iberdrola saw the clean energy transition coming decades ago when others baulked at the high cost of producing energy from the sun and wind and instead stuck with coal and oil.
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