‘World’s largest’ floating wind and green hydrogen project launched
Developers Aquaterra and Seawind plan to start up the 3.2GW Hymed project by 2027
UK-based engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has signed an agreement with offshore wind turbine supplier Seawind to co-develop a 3.2GW floating offshore wind project, named Hymed, with 1GW of green hydrogen production capacity. The developers claim it will be the world’s largest such project. Hymed will be based offshore Italy and is in its first phase of permitting. The developers plan to start the project up by 2027 and transport hydrogen onshore via pipeline or by ship to global markets. The project partners also aim to develop a second project, dubbed Icarus, in southwestern Greece, which will have 300MW of exclusive hydrogen production capacity. 2027 – Planned startup date “With g
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