Ministry for Climate and Energy Policy

Wind turbines generate electricity that powers electrolysis to produce green hydrogen from water, eliminating carbon emissions from hydrogen production.

The process used to produce green hydrogen by splitting water using electricity.

Repurposed natural gas pipelines used to transport hydrogen from offshore production facility to onshore hydrogen network.

Groningen, North Sea (56 km offshore north of Groningen)

A smaller-scale pilot project with 50-100 MW electrolysis capacity to be built at a location yet to be chosen. The pilot will test and refine offshore green hydrogen production technology before the full-scale 500 MW facility is constructed.

A 500 MW offshore wind-to-hydrogen facility located 56 km north of Groningen in the Netherlands. The project will use offshore wind turbines to power electrolysis for green hydrogen production and transport hydrogen to land via a repurposed natural gas pipeline connected to Gasunie's offshore hydrogen transport network.